Sensitometry Flashcards
2 scientist introduced sensitometry
Hurter
Driffield
Science of evaluating the perfomance of photographic materials
Sensitometry
Requires photographic emulsion be exposed to specified light source
Sensitometry
Plot of the density vs. amount of exposure
Characteristic curve
Characteristic curve is also called
Sensitometric curve
H&D curve
D log E curve
Exposure is plotted on
X-axis
Density is plotted on
Y-axis
Curves always assumes some form of
S or Sigmoid shape
Basis of sensitometry
Density
Density has a log value of
0-4
Density of 1
10% light transmission
Density of 2
1% light transmission
Density of 3
0.01% light transmission
Shaped like a step wedge to produced an exact and regular increase or decrease in exposure
Aluminum step-wedge / penetrometer
Prints a pre-exposed negative directly onto the film
Sensitometer