Advanced Photography, Sixth Edition by Michael Langford

By Michael Langford

The overdue Michael Langford used to be some of the most fashionable and acomplished authors of images essays. His works are unmatched of their analitical intensity, concentrate on the elemental principals and mechanisms in images, but additionally of their severe educational strategy at the subject.
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The negative with a gamma or CI value that prints best on your printing system is then used. When using variable contrast paper, you should aim for negatives that print well with a No. 2 filter. Time-Gamma and Time-Contrast Index Curves Time-gamma or time-contrast index curves are plotted to summarize the behavior of any film-developer combination. Time-gamma or time-contrast index curves are used to indicate the time of development required to reach a desired gamma or contrast index. Time-gamma and time-contrast index charts can be made to show the maximum gamma (gamma infinity) or maximum contrast index (contrast index infinity) obtainable with a given film-developer combination.

TRANSMISSION Most photographic material, even clear film, does not transmit all of the incident light that is relevant to it. Transmission is a measure of the light-passing ability of a film or other medium. The transmission of a processed film refers to the fraction, or percentage, of incident light that passes through the film. In a formula, transmission is represented by a capital letter T. 00. 50, or 50 percent. 20, or T = 20 percent. OPACITY Opacity is the ability of a medium to absorb light.

It is also called an H and D, D log-H, D log-E, or sensitometric curve. Characteristic curves are plotted on graph paper. The vertical axis represents the amount of density, created by each step of exposure. These logarithmic values are read directly from a densitometer. The density values increase from the bottom to the top of the graph. The horizontal axis of the graph is used to indicate log exposure (log H). The horizontal axis represents the amount of exposure the material received. Exposure must be converted to a logarithmic value, so the scale of density and exposure are uniform.

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