- FILM & DIGITAL TECHNIQUES FOR ZONE SYSTEM PHOTOGRAPHY PDF DOWNLOAD FULL
- FILM & DIGITAL TECHNIQUES FOR ZONE SYSTEM PHOTOGRAPHY PDF DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE
Contains a nice Postscript/PDF test pattern. Of lens testing terms A reminder that there's more to lensīeale. They stopped testing lenses in 2000 because ofĪ familiar Internet problem: no money to be made. Photodo also has a large dataīase of lens tests. On their testing techniques, which use elaborate equipment not On MTF and lens performance Extremely informative, but little Sharpness Indicator Test Chart is quite interesting.
Video Sales and Service has several charts. He also sells a test kit derived from the USAF 1951 chart.
FILM & DIGITAL TECHNIQUES FOR ZONE SYSTEM PHOTOGRAPHY PDF DOWNLOAD FULL
Their other versions of the USAFġ951 Glass Slide Resolution Targets cost between $103 and $850.įrom Sine Patterns, LLC Specialized industrial strengthĪ lens by Charles Sleicher, PhD, is full of valuable tips. Power Chart NT83-001, illustrated on the right and based on theġ951 test chart (below), sells for $18.95. Resolution Charts for use in the film industry. Test kit based on a modified USAF 1951 test chart.Ĭinematographer, has developed a set of Target Nature photography pages, had a page on Technical His Mediumįormat Articles Page is also a great resource. Lens Resolution Testing page contains links to test targets andĭiscussions about image sharpness. The Imatest slanted-edge SFR method produces even more accurate and repeatable results.
FILM & DIGITAL TECHNIQUES FOR ZONE SYSTEM PHOTOGRAPHY PDF DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE
Images the test chart sine pattern can produce MTF plots using either the free software described below or Imatest Log frequency (more convenient and accurate). (Distortion, light falloff, and lateral chromatic aberrationīe corrected in software.) For film, these tests provide an approximateĮstimate of the 50% and 10% MTF frequencies- far from precise, but Uniformity of illumination, color rendition, "bokeh" (out of focusĮtc., many of which are tested by Imatest, but sharpness is arguably the most important contributor to image Other attributes that affect image quality: distortion, contrast, The lens tests presented here deal primarily with sharpness. Tripods, filters, film, mirror lock, etc.- affect image sharpness.
You may have a limited periodĪ newly purchased lens, and you need to evaluate it quickly. Some excellent lens test results are available on the Internet. If you're normal or mathematically challenged, you Of a maligned and misunderstood but highly elite fellowship. Do you get excited by a good equation? Were youĪbout your college math classes? Then you're probably a math geek- a This approach is primarily intended for film images, but Imatest Log frequency analyzes digitized images of the chart described below.Ĭameras or digitized film images, the approach used by Imatest is far You can download,Īnd assemble it yourself. Which has continuously varying spatial frequency. In this page we discuss lens testing (actually,Ĭomplete photographic systems) using the Koren 2003 lens test