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RE: [Digital BW] Can a Color densitometer be used for B&W?

2004-09-26 by Austin Franklin

Hi Joe,

> A camera is just like a different piece of equipment, a
> colorimeter. The colorimeter has broader filters.

Why is a color film scanner not a "colorimeter" as well (though I have never
heard of one being called a "colorimeter", but I have never heard of a
camera being called a "colorimeter" either)?

The definition of a colorimeter (apparently in modern terms) is that it uses
"tri-stimulus values" (three imaging primaries), and a color scanner fits
that bill equally as well as a camera (I assume you mean digital camera?
Either way, film or digital, it seems to fit).

Regards,

Austin

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