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NEGATIVE-WORKING [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

[Said of] a photographic material that reverses the tones in an image.

CONT

Conventional photographic materials are negative working because light-sensitive compounds usually darken or increase in visual density with increasing exposure to light. Therefore, a negative-working camera film reverses the tones of the original scene, and a companion negative-working print material reverses the tones again, back to their normal or positive, relationship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Se dit des pellicules photosensibles ou du matériel de tirage photographique produisant des images qui résultent d'une inversion de tonalités.

Spanish

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