Abstract:
Light containing blue, green and red radiation is passed through a colored original which is to be printed on color copy material. The transmitted light is spread out into a color spectrum which extends across a first wavelength range generally corresponding to the blue portion of the spectrum, a second wavelength range generally corresponding to the green portion of the spectrum and a third wavelength range generally corresponding to the red portion of the spectrum. The intensity of the transmitted light is measured throughout the spectrum and average of the resulting raw intensities are taken oer each of a series of wavelength intervals which are much shorter than the first, second and third ranges. The copy material has a gamma value for each wavelength interval and such gamma value represents the spectral sensitivity of the copy material in the corresponding interval. The average intensity for each wavelength interval is multiplied by the respective gamma value to yield a corrected intensity. The corrected intensities for each wavelength range are summed to generate first, second and third sums corresponding to the first, second and third ranges and respectively representing the blue, green and red densities of the original. The first, second and third sums are used to calculate the respective amounts of blue, green and red light required to print the original with a neutral gray density.
Abstract:
A hand-held prism and support structure, in which a positioning element is engageable with the head of a viewer for orientation and manipulation to position the prism as to enable the viewer to receive refracted light from a scene which is in advance of the viewer. The prism has an upper face and a pair of depending and converging faces, the positioning element being engageable with the nose of the viewer. A filter strip comprising different color filters is provided in advance of the prism and one eye of the viewer, there being a prism without a filter in advance of the other eye.A method of color photography includes viewing a refracted and, optionally, color-filtered image of a scene, and photographing the scene using color sensitive film and, optionally, a color filter.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling the spectral components of a light beam are described. The apparatus comprises means (3-7) for generating a collimated light beam; means (9) for dispersing the collimated beam; a mask (1) including an aperture (2) the size of which is such that a portion of the dispersed beam passes through the aperture in use; and movement means (not shown) for causing relative transverse movement between the light beam and the aperture. A memory (not shown) is provided for storing in use a profile of the relative transverse movement between the light beam and the aperture (2) required to obtain a desired spectral response in the transmitted light beam, the movement means being responsive to the stored profile to cause relative transverse movement in accordance with the predetermined profile.
Abstract:
A method for focusing the horizontal and vertical components of energy reflected from an echelle grating which includes rotating the grating about a first axis substantially parallel to a prism face and rotating the grating about a second axis substantially normal to the first axis.