#38. The Speed Point for Color Positives (Slides or Transparencies)
True or False?
The speed point exposure for color positive emulsions is located near the midtone exposure for these emulsions.
True.
Unlike the standards for monochrome and color negatives, which place speed point exposures at fractions of a stop above the minimum usable exposures, the standard for color positives (slides or transparencies) has a speed point shift of 3.67 stops that is much larger than that for monochrome and color negatives and a small negative midtone shift of -0.24 stops that leaves the midtone exposure a little to the left of (at slightly smaller exposures than) the speed point exposure.
The diagrams that support the calculation of the standard width of the photosensitive exposure range for various types of photosensitive arrays can be found in the book Photographic Exposure Calculations and Camera Operation.
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