Abstract

Black and white prints were produced of several scenes that varied in both negative contrast and negative exposure. Subjects rated the various prints by categories based on their own personal understanding of what an excellent print was. The boundaries of the categories were found and used to determine the preferred tone reproduction characteristics. Individual differences were also scaled with the use of a proximity measure determined from the categorical data. The preferred contrast (1.46 +0.24) was significantly higher than the contrast that has been found to be preferred in earlier studies. The application of this study to more general situations is also discussed.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Photography--Printing processes--Toning; Photography--Processing

Publication Date

5-1-1983

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Department, Program, or Center

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CIAS)

Advisor

Granger, Edward

Advisor/Committee Member

Carson, John

Advisor/Committee Member

Wommack, Kenneth

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in December 2013. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TR335.P67 1983

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

IMGART-MFA

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