Re:Shirley Cards
by michaelgrafl on Monday November 15, 2021 @02:35AM
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And yet, Kodak managed to tune the gamma curve of their film stock to be more flattering to dark objects due to pressure from the chocolate and furniture industries.
15 stops of dynamic range are plenty, by the way.
Re:Shirley Cards
by kkjjkgjjgg on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:52AM
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It was years later, so presumably there was also simply technical progress that made it possible.
Re:Shirley Cards
by theshrike79 on Monday November 15, 2021 @06:10AM
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Technical progress driven by financial incentives from large industries.
Race still provides a major financial benefit. Its what - 30%+ of the US population thats not caucasion / very light not white skin? And thats before you look at the international market.
While white is going to be the priority you don't want to fall behind competitors on film that does better accross the board. Not only do you lose the dark skin market but also potentially professionals like school/wedding/corporate photographers who need to photo everyone and don't want to faff around with different films for different photos.
Most of these film changes where in the 1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_racial_and_ethnic_d...
In 1970 the US was 88% white. Today it is only 61% white.
Film and sensors can not capture the dynamic range between something very light and something very dark. Whether those subjects are humans or not. If you photograph a brown bear near a polar bear, you would have difficulties discerning details in both.
The maximum of dynamic range that can be capture by common cameras these days is 15Ev.
Even photographing light skinned people into sunset or dark skinned people at night is an issue, and you have to use additional light like flash or a reflector if you want details in both the persons face and the surroundings.