The Luminance-Difference Threshold in Viewing Projected Pictures

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 69, No. 4, pp. 235–238
Abstract: The luminance-difference threshold has been determined as a function of luminance for viewing conditions similar to those recommended by the ASA for the projection of professional motion pictures. A stimulus subtending an angle of 0.5° was superimposed briefly upon various areas within typical photographic reproductions. The effective presentation time for each stimulus was about 1 second, which is near the maximum fixation time commonly occurring in the viewing of scenes and pictures. The mean luminance-difference threshold for relatively bright areas within the test scenes was found to be equivalent to a density difference of 0.015. The results indicate the nature of the dependence of the luminance-difference threshold upon the luminance of the test area and upon the luminance of surrounding areas.
Publication Date: 1960-04-01
DOI: 10.5594/J14394
ISSN: Print: 0361-4573
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J14394
Author(s): E. J. BrenemanKodak Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester 4, N.Y.
Copyright: © 1960 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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