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Record 1 1999-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A sensitometric quantity derived from the characteristic curve of photographic emulsions. It is loosely interpreted as a measure of the contrast reproduced in a negative image.

CONT

Gamma is equal to the slope of the straight-line portion of the H-D curve for the screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Infographie
DEF

[...] valeur de contraste d'un négatif.

OBS

[...] désigné par la lettre grecque gamma [...]

DEF

En télévision, contraste de brillance de deux points de l'image sur l'écran du récepteur, et contraste de brillance des deux points correspondants de la scène transmise.

Spanish

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