Camera and Lens Selection for the Facial Plastic Surgeon

Guidelines for standard photography in gross and clinical anatomy

“…To constitute an appropriate camera set for macroscopic and clinical photography, a suitable DSLR camera body should be obtained (Galdino et al, 2002;Peck et al, 2010). The most expedient way to do this is to buy a camera body without the lens that manufacturers include.…”

“…The resolution of an image depends on the size of the discrete dots, which are called pixels that make up the image (Mutalik, 2010;Peck et al, 2010). The resolution of a digital camera is related to the density of the pixels on the sensor (Smith, 2002;Miot et al, 2006;Mutalik, 2010;Peck et al, 2010). The sensor is composed of a grid of individual elements that react to light, and it transforms reflected light into voltage (Miot et al, 2006;Peck et al, 2010).…”

“…The resolution of a digital camera is related to the density of the pixels on the sensor (Smith, 2002;Miot et al, 2006;Mutalik, 2010;Peck et al, 2010). The sensor is composed of a grid of individual elements that react to light, and it transforms reflected light into voltage (Miot et al, 2006;Peck et al, 2010). Each light-sensitive element within the sensor has a photon detector and an amplifier, which captures light and converts it into an electrical signal (Saikia et al, 2008;Peck et al, 2010).…”

“…The sensor is composed of a grid of individual elements that react to light, and it transforms reflected light into voltage (Miot et al, 2006;Peck et al, 2010). Each light-sensitive element within the sensor has a photon detector and an amplifier, which captures light and converts it into an electrical signal (Saikia et al, 2008;Peck et al, 2010). The sensor is not capable of differentiating colors.…”

“…In the majority of sensors, separation of the different color information is achieved by red, green, and blue filter strips placed in front of the sensor to enable the chip to digitize the color components of an image separately (Langford and Bilissi, 2008;Peck et al, 2010). Each pixel is assigned in a color, and, then, the image is interpolated using an algorithm to estimate and fill in the other two colors based on the surrounding pixels (Peck et al, 2010;Wright and Golden, 2010). During processing of the image within the camera, white balance, contrast, saturation, sharpness, and so on are also arranged, and, finally, the image is obtained (Wright and Golden, 2010).…”