Jujube/making-a-camera - Revision history

Jujube at 11:24, 3 December 2018

2018-12-03T11:24:48Z

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	= Terminologies =		= Terminologies =

	== Focal length ==		'''Focal length'''

	[[File:Camera-focal-length-diagram.jpg\|400px]]		[[File:Camera-focal-length-diagram.jpg\|400px]]
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	[[File:Fields-of-view_tokina.jpg\|400px]]		[[File:Fields-of-view_tokina.jpg\|400px]]

	== Aperture ==		'''Aperture'''

	[[File:Aperature-area-graph.jpg\|600px]]		[[File:Aperature-area-graph.jpg\|600px]]
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	[[File:Aperture-area.png]]		[[File:Aperture-area.png]]

	== Circle of confusion ==		'''Circle of confusion'''

	It's a great name no matter what.		It's a great name no matter what.
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	The detailed math is not the major concern of the investigation here, but more on COC can be read at https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/depth-field-part-2.		The detailed math is not the major concern of the investigation here, but more on COC can be read at https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/depth-field-part-2.

	== Depth of field ==		'''Depth of field'''

	After the Circle of Confusion, the DOF is determined by:		After the Circle of Confusion, the DOF is determined by:
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	At a greater distance from the subject, light rays will have a narrowed path through the lens and, when the out-of-focus rays intersect before or after the image plane, they will produce a smaller blurry spot and create longer DOF.[At a greater distance from the subject, light rays will have a narrowed path through the lens and, when the out-of-focus rays intersect before or after the image plane, they will produce a smaller blurry spot and create longer DOF.]		At a greater distance from the subject, light rays will have a narrowed path through the lens and, when the out-of-focus rays intersect before or after the image plane, they will produce a smaller blurry spot and create longer DOF.[At a greater distance from the subject, light rays will have a narrowed path through the lens and, when the out-of-focus rays intersect before or after the image plane, they will produce a smaller blurry spot and create longer DOF.]

			= Technical notes during the making (Focal Camera Workshop) =

			'''focus'''

			Focus should be measurable by breath(s).

			Distance to subject in focus --> 1 full breath --> 5 steps (approx) --> 2 meters (approx)

			'''shutter'''

			* connected to belt around the diaphragm muscle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp-gCvW8PRY

			* activated when contraption decreases... under a certain threshold?

			* <s>Potential digital solutions: [https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Breath-Sensor-with-Arduino-Conductive-Knitted-/] and [http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=1996]</s>

			'''aperture'''

			held with two hands

			'''lena'''

			* ''big'' so that aperture control has a more tangible effect
			* built for the 2m focus distance

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Jujube: /* Before picking up a camera */

2018-10-14T21:40:23Z

Before picking up a camera

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	Also, along with making images, consider the introduction to seeing even before any image is taken. Would be interesting to introduce pedagogical value to this camera: why do we make an image?		Also, along with making images, consider the introduction to seeing even before any image is taken. Would be interesting to introduce pedagogical value to this camera: why do we make an image?

	<s>"Not long ago a science writer named Gabriel Popkin began leading walks to identify trees for city dwellers in Washington, DC, many who do work that takes place on screens. That’s right, tree blindness—and the broader concept of blindness to the natural world—might be the real danger screens pose to vision. In 2012, Popkin had learned about trees to cure this blindness in himself and went from a naif who could barely pick out an oak tree to an amateur arboriculturist who can distinguish dozens of trees. The biggest living beings in his city suddenly seemed like friends to him, with features he could recognize and relish.

	Once he could see trees, they became objects of intense interest to him—more exhilarating than apps, if you can believe it. “Take a moment to watch and listen to a flowering redbud tree full of pollen-drunk bumblebees,” he has written. “I promise you won’t be bored.”[https://www.wired.com/story/failing-vision-screens-blindness/?mbid=nl_daily_welcome]</s>

	~~''This kind of typological approach is not necessary when you are just trying to do cool things with light, though.''~~

	== Metaphors from other analog processes ==		== Metaphors from other analog processes ==

Jujube: /* Metaphors from other analog processes */

2018-10-14T21:38:29Z

Metaphors from other analog processes

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	== Metaphors from other analog processes ==		== Metaphors from other analog processes ==

	Woody Allen writes in a typewriter everyday and edits the script with a pen.		Woody Allen writes with a typewriter everyday and edits the script with a pen.

	[https://medium.economist.com/data-visualisation-from-1987-to-today-65d0609c6017\| Data Visualization from 1987]		[https://medium.economist.com/data-visualisation-from-1987-to-today-65d0609c6017\| Data Visualization from 1987]

Jujube: Jujube moved page Jujube/making to Jujube/making-a-camera

2018-10-08T21:28:34Z

Jujube moved page Jujube/making to Jujube/making-a-camera

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Jujube at 20:58, 29 September 2018

2018-09-29T20:58:51Z

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	== How to embody meditation in using the analog camera??? ==		== How to embody meditation in using the analog camera??? ==

	Useful links on old mechanism: [[https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Mathijs_van_Oosterhoudt/Why_build_cameras\| Mathijs's suggestions]]		Useful links on old mechanism: [https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Mathijs_van_Oosterhoudt/Why_build_cameras\| Mathijs's suggestions]

	<span style="background:#FCDE9C;">What are the physical interfaces on a camera? How can I make these interfaces and, more so, the interactions, more tactile?</span>		<span style="background:#FCDE9C;">What are the physical interfaces on a camera? How can I make these interfaces and, more so, the interactions, more tactile?</span>

Jujube at 20:58, 29 September 2018

2018-09-29T20:58:22Z

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	== How to embody meditation in using the analog camera??? ==		== How to embody meditation in using the analog camera??? ==

	Useful links on old mechanism: [[Mathijs_van_Oosterhoudt/Why_build_cameras]]		Useful links on old mechanism: [[https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Mathijs_van_Oosterhoudt/Why_build_cameras\| Mathijs's suggestions]]

	<span style="background:#FCDE9C;">What are the physical interfaces on a camera? How can I make these interfaces and, more so, the interactions, more tactile?</span>		<span style="background:#FCDE9C;">What are the physical interfaces on a camera? How can I make these interfaces and, more so, the interactions, more tactile?</span>

Jujube at 20:57, 29 September 2018

2018-09-29T20:57:46Z

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	= Discussions on the camera =		= Discussions on the camera =

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	== How to embody meditation in using the analog camera??? ==		== How to embody meditation in using the analog camera??? ==

	~~=== While with the camera ===~~		Useful links on old mechanism: [[Mathijs_van_Oosterhoudt/Why_build_cameras]]

	<span style="background:#FCDE9C;">What are the physical interfaces on a camera? How can I make these interfaces and, more so, the interactions, more tactile?</span>		<span style="background:#FCDE9C;">What are the physical interfaces on a camera? How can I make these interfaces and, more so, the interactions, more tactile?</span>

Jujube at 20:54, 29 September 2018

2018-09-29T20:54:33Z

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	Also, along with making images, consider the introduction to seeing even before any image is taken. Would be interesting to introduce pedagogical value to this camera: why do we make an image?		Also, along with making images, consider the introduction to seeing even before any image is taken. Would be interesting to introduce pedagogical value to this camera: why do we make an image?

	"Not long ago a science writer named Gabriel Popkin began leading walks to identify trees for city dwellers in Washington, DC, many who do work that takes place on screens. That’s right, tree blindness—and the broader concept of blindness to the natural world—might be the real danger screens pose to vision. In 2012, Popkin had learned about trees to cure this blindness in himself and went from a naif who could barely pick out an oak tree to an amateur arboriculturist who can distinguish dozens of trees. The biggest living beings in his city suddenly seemed like friends to him, with features he could recognize and relish.		<s>"Not long ago a science writer named Gabriel Popkin began leading walks to identify trees for city dwellers in Washington, DC, many who do work that takes place on screens. That’s right, tree blindness—and the broader concept of blindness to the natural world—might be the real danger screens pose to vision. In 2012, Popkin had learned about trees to cure this blindness in himself and went from a naif who could barely pick out an oak tree to an amateur arboriculturist who can distinguish dozens of trees. The biggest living beings in his city suddenly seemed like friends to him, with features he could recognize and relish.

	Once he could see trees, they became objects of intense interest to him—more exhilarating than apps, if you can believe it. “Take a moment to watch and listen to a flowering redbud tree full of pollen-drunk bumblebees,” he has written. “I promise you won’t be bored.”[https://www.wired.com/story/failing-vision-screens-blindness/?mbid=nl_daily_welcome]		Once he could see trees, they became objects of intense interest to him—more exhilarating than apps, if you can believe it. “Take a moment to watch and listen to a flowering redbud tree full of pollen-drunk bumblebees,” he has written. “I promise you won’t be bored.”[https://www.wired.com/story/failing-vision-screens-blindness/?mbid=nl_daily_welcome]</s>

			''This kind of typological approach is not necessary when you are just trying to do cool things with light, though.''

	== Metaphors from other analog processes ==		== Metaphors from other analog processes ==

Jujube at 19:54, 29 September 2018

2018-09-29T19:54:37Z

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	- film wind		- film wind

	- viewfinder is not necessarily (one way of meditation is to break the notion of being '''behind''' the camera — what ~~around be~~ '''with''' the camera?)		- viewfinder is not necessarily (one way of meditation is to break the notion of being '''behind''' the camera — what about being '''with''' the camera?)

	For <span style="background:#FCDE9C;">mindful photography</span>, think something said by Neil deGrasse Tyson, "we [the astrophysicists] sit there to wait for photons of light to hit our detector, and then we take that to the coffee lounge and talk about it."		For <span style="background:#FCDE9C;">mindful photography</span>, think something said by Neil deGrasse Tyson, "we [the astrophysicists] sit there to wait for photons of light to hit our detector, and then we take that to the coffee lounge and talk about it."

Jujube at 09:00, 29 September 2018

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	=== Before picking up a camera ===		=== Before picking up a camera ===