Cameras
Camera Survey, Camera Specific Pro-Tips, Camera Support, etc
Camera Specific
Camera Support
General Camera Survey
A collection and general overview of cameras of various types as they apply to our industry
Overview
Preface: I [Blair Neal] published this guide/survey in 2013 on Creative Applications and moved i...
Questions to Consider
Before we dive in, consider the following questions when considering which camera best su...
Basic RGB Webcam
The Basic Webcam "Webcam" isn't necessarily an industry term, but if you're reading this...
Other RGB Cameras
Webcams can only go so far in terms of quality and other features, so in this section we'll cover...
Smartphone Cameras
I struggled with whether I should make smartphone cameras be their own section, or include them...
Infrared Cameras
Infrared cameras have historically been one of the most important tools for artists working...
Depth Cameras
In a way, these are an offshoot of the IR camera category but they involve some form of inf...
LiDAR Scanners
Example of what many LiDAR scanners look like LiDAR Wikipedia entry LIDAR is a speciali...
Thermal Cameras
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermographic_camera These cameras are comparatively rare to see in...
High End Machine Vision Cameras
[NEED IMAGE] These cameras are typically employed in industries like manufacturing that require ...
Multi-camera and On-board compute systems
[WIP] Camera systems that may use multiple cameras or are cameras that are integrated with on-boa...
Motion Capture Systems
These could have their own article and I have limited experience with them, but they are worth ad...
Volumetric Capture
Volumetric capture is another specialized approach that is very similar to motion capture systems...
360 Cameras
WIP Placeholder for 360 cameras and their use cases
Other cameras and systems
Other cameras and systems (robotic/Moving and other observational tracking devices, Security Came...
Legacy Cameras and Technologies
Older Camera/Video Technologies (Analog, Old RCA Cams) The use cases for older camera technologi...
High Speed or Slow Motion cameras
High-speed Cameras are a special class of cameras that can capture 250 frames per second or highe...
Experimental Technologies
WIP Placeholder page Need ideas here - [Microphone Arrays as generalized cameras](https://ie...
Supplemental Camera Information
Camera Interfaces
[WIP] GigE Vision Wikipedia Another important thing to keep in mind is that while many artistic...
Image Enhancement
Image touch-up and Noise [WIP] Low light, De-noising, upscaling and other machine learning clea...
Notes on Latency
[WIP] For the purposes of this writeup, we'll consider latency to be the delta or time between a...
Notes on Lenses
[WIP] Talk about the very basics of measuring a cameras field of view based on its lens. This ca...
Environmental Considerations
WIP Notes for cameras that perform differently indoor vs outdoor, daytime vs nightttime, incle...