Chapter 1 - Understanding Digital Theory
Chapter 2 – Camera Sensors, DeBayering, Sensitivity and Noise
Chapter 3 - Color
Chapter 4 – The Colorspace Conundrum
Chapter 5 - MTF Resolution Contrast and Nyquist Theory
Chapter 6 - Frame Rates and Aspect Ratios, High Dynamic Range and Wide Color Gamut
Chapter 7 - Lenses
Chapter 8 – Camera Issues
Chapter 9 - High Resolution Digital Motion Picture Cameras
Chapter 10 - Camera Setup / Operation
Chapter 11 – Prep, Work Flow Design and Testing
Chapter 12 - The Shoot
Chapter 13 - Workflow, Data & Color Management
Chapter 14 – Displays and Recorders
Chapter 15 - File Formats, Log Encoding, Data and Compression
Chapter 16 - Post Production and Digital Intermediate
Chapter 17 – Delivering and Archiving Digital Movies
Biography
David Stump, ASC has worked on numerous motion pictures and television productions as Director of Photography, as Visual Effects Director of Photography, and as a Visual Effects Supervisor, garnering Emmy nominations and an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement. A member of the Producer's Guild of America (PGA), the Visual Effects Society (VES), the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Stump has worked in Digital Visual Effects for over 25 years, since the advent of Computer Generated Images for film. In 2001 he was accepted for full membership into the American Society of Cinematographers, where he is currently chairman of the Camera and Metadata Subcommittees of the ASC Technical Committee