Notes on Strip, Streak and Scanning Photography

Photographic techniques that acquire images sequentially instead of instantaneously have a long history of contributing to a the visualization of subjects and time in ways that have had profound, yet often unrecognized, impact on our understanding of physical phenomena. From cameras that make peripheral records of pottery, the photofinish camera at racetracks, panoramic cameras that cover 360 degrees around them and cameras for other specialized applications, they have one thing in common and this is that one dimension of their records is TIME itself. Note that this is a work in progress started in 1978. Several equations have not been cleaned up and photographic illustrations, etc. are provided mostly only as drawings. Future versions may be improved but in case I can't get to it this 3rd version may be all that will be ever available. This latest version includes instructions on improvised cameras for strip/streak photography a unique strip camera for conical panoramic or peripheral applications.