Way Beyond Monochrome 2e

Glossary

Photographic terms used in this book, and what we mean when we use them

accuracy

is a measure of closeness to an accepted target value and indicates the proximity to that value. The closer a measurement is to the target value, the more accurate it is considered to be. A measurement can be accurate but not precise. (see precision)

analog photography

is a chemically based imaging process in which light is directed onto a light-sensitive emulsion to create a latent image, which is subjected to subsequent processing steps, making it visible and insensitive to light. This was the dominant form of photography for much of its history, but is ...