PhotoTechEDU – A Photographic Technology Lecture Series

Videos and Slides

Search on Google video for photographic technology (which misses a few in the series) or PhotoTechEDU, (which misses some different ones).

List of lectures, with links to Google video and PDF files of slides:
  1. Overview: ideal camera, exposure controls, optics, etc. – videoslides
  2. Camera, eye, and color – videoslides
  3. Ray tracing for optical imaging systems – videoslides
  4. Resolution, contrast, flare, noise, etc. – videoslides
  5. Silicon image sensors – videoslides
  6. Image processing pipelines – videoslides
  7. Lossy image compression, part 1 – videoslides
  8. Diffraction and spectroscopy – videoslides
  9. Astrophotography – videoslides
  10. Image compression, part 2 – videoslides
  11. Document image analysis – videoslides
  12. High-dynamic-range imaging – videoslides
  13. Light field (plenoptic) photography – no video yet – no slides yet
  14. Image Forensics – video
  15. The Gigapxl Project – no video yet – no slides yet
  16. Multi-viewpoint Mosaics – videoslides
  17. Color Management – no video yet – no slides yet
  18. Non-destructive, selective, non-linear and non-modal editing – videoslides
  19. Inkjet printing coming of age – videoslides
  20. (topic not yet cleared for release)
  21. Visualizing ICC profiles, ray tracing, and diffraction in Matlab – videoslides
  22. Measuring, Interpreting and Correcting Optical Aberrations – video – no slides yet
  23. Raw Files and Formats: Black Gold or Tar Baby? – video – no slides yet
  24. Dequantization, Texture, and Superresolution – videoslides more slides
  25. Open-Source-Based High-Resolution Cameras – video – no slides yet
  26. Image Quality Testing and Real-World Challenges – videoslides
  27. Focus on Resolution: Degradations in Image Acquisition – videoslides
  28. Pragmatic HDR Capture and Tone Mapping – video – no slides yet
  29. Photographing VR Panoramas – video – no slides yet
A related talk by Dick Lyon at Berkeley pictures meeting: The Ideal Camera – An Outside-the-Box Analysis – slides