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Digital Camera Image Formation: Introduction and Hardware

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A high-level overview of image formation in a digital camera is presented. The discussion includes optical and electronic hardware issues, highlighting the impact of hardware characteristics on the resulting images.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge many helpful discussions with Mrityunjay Kumar and Aaron Deever in the development and review of this chapter.

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  1. Corporate Research and Engineering, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, USA

    James E. Adams Jr. & Bruce Pillman

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Adams, J.E., Pillman, B. (2013). Digital Camera Image Formation: Introduction and Hardware. In: Sencar, H., Memon, N. (eds) Digital Image Forensics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0757-7_1

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