The ‘characteristic curve’ shows the tonal response of a film. So what’s it got to do with digital imaging? Quite a lot, actually. Film does not respond to different light intensities in a linear, or proportional way so that a [...]
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Used in large-format 5” x 4” or 10” x 8” cameras. The film is placed in special holders which are inserted into the camera when the picture’s to be taken, then removed when the exposure’s been made. Each photograph is [...]
When long exposures produce unpredictable results. A problem in the past for photographers shooting night shots on film because with exposures longer than a second, doubling the exposure does not double the brightness of the image recorded. In other words, [...]
Traditionally, ‘medium format’ cameras were film cameras which used 120 or 220 roll film, so called because the film comes in on a roll rather than in the cassettes used for 35mm film or the single sheets used in large-format [...]
Professional studio or landscape cameras using sheet film. Large format cameras use sheet film measuring 5 x 4″ or, in some cases 10″ x 8″. These cameras are slower to work with but more versatile because the lens and the [...]
Traditional photographic film comes in a variety of forms and formats. Negative film is used to produce prints and may be colour negative film (used for snapshots and commercial portraiture, for example) or black and white negative film (used for [...]
A scanner designed for film only and not prints or documents. A good 35mm film scanner will typically cost around £500, several times more than a good flatbed scanner. A film scanner, though, will get every ounce of definition out [...]