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Contents

1Light and Photometry

The Nature of Light

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

The Visible Spectrum

Spectral Power Distributions

Solid-Object Sources and the Heat-Light Relationship

Vapor Sources and the Effect of Electrical Discharge

Luminescence/Fluorescence/ Phosphorescence

The Use of Color Temperature

The Mired Scale

Color-Rendering Index

The Polarization of Light

Practical Sources of Light and their Properties

The Language of Light

The Measurement of Intensity

The Measurement of Flux

The Measurement of Illuminance

The Measurement of Luminance

2 Camera and Printing Exposure

Camera Exposure Versus Photographic Exposure

Maximum Diaphragm Openings

Intermediate F-Numbers

Limitations ...

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