What is a camera zebra print?

The "zebra pattern" appearing on the camera is professionally described as "moire pattern". When the pixel spatial frequency of photographic equipment is close to the spatial frequency value of fringes in the shooting picture, moire fringes will appear in the picture.

It is a visual phenomenon, and it is an interference fringe that appears on an object at a certain interval. In actual shooting, like the picture next to it, rainbow stripes appear at intervals between objects, which is the so-called moire phenomenon. For example, on a sunny day, the same is true of the phenomenon that light reflection produces water-like stripes on mosquito nets or curtains.

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The purpose of digital cameras is to shoot the same scenery as people see. If you can shoot the same picture by pressing the shutter, you can reduce the complexity of adjusting exposure or white balance and focal length.

Of course, the photos taken by photographers are completely different from the actual photos, but for ordinary people, the ultimate goal of shooting is to get natural photos, that is, to get the photos seen by users.

But in fact, the photos taken are very different from the actual pictures. There are many reasons, such as camera defects, lens problems or other factors. The typical distortion phenomenon is the color difference phenomenon that the surface color of the object is purple under outdoor sunlight or the vignetting phenomenon that the edge area of the photo appears dark due to the sawtooth phenomenon of the lens edge.

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