Analog Imaging
Analog imaging refers to the process of capturing, storing, and reproducing visual information using continuous physical signals rather than digital data. It involves technologies like film photography, analog video recording, and traditional radiography, where images are represented as analog waveforms or chemical changes. This contrasts with digital imaging, which uses discrete numerical values to represent images.
Developers should understand analog imaging when working with legacy systems, media preservation, or hybrid analog-digital interfaces, such as in medical imaging, archival projects, or retro computing. Knowledge of analog principles is essential for converting analog signals to digital formats, troubleshooting analog devices, or developing software that interacts with analog hardware like scanners or video capture cards.