Black and white photography is sometimes treated as the 'poor relation' of colour photography. After all, why limit yourself to shades of gray when you can use the entire spectrum of colours?


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In this page we illustrate how MTF is used to characterize the performance of film and lenses.


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In this page we examine the MTF of scanners and sharpening algorithms, and we address the question, "What scanner resolution (pixels per inch or dpi) is required for a digital print to appear sharper than a conventional darkroom print?"


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Photography is about light, and in fact, it can be defined as recording the light. Lighting is also one of the hardest things to get right in a photograph.

Therefore, to shoot images that stands out of the crowd, an understanding the light source is critical.

Photography lighting plays the major role to capture colors as well as to reveal form and texture in an image. Examining “day light” is a great way to understand certain characteristics of light: the hardness or the softness of the source, direction of light and visible colors.

Today's photography tutorial explains some of the things you need to know regarding this aspect of light.


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