densitometer

Light transmission gauge

A densitometer is an instrument that measures optical density—how much light passes through or reflects from a surface.

In photography and printing, densitometers gauge the darkness of developed film or printed images: The technician used a densitometer to check the ink coverage.

Scientific applications include measuring bacterial growth in liquid cultures or analyzing X-ray films.

measurement

transmission

Sending of information

gamma · contrast · aperture · readout

instruments

spectrophotometer

Light-measuring analytical instrument

printing

CMYK

Subtractive color model

prepress · proofing · substrate

photography

film

Movie or coating

exposure · developer · enlarger · transparency · slide · safelight · highlight · shadow · midtone · grayscale

bone

osteoporosis

Disease weakening skeletal structure

calibration

standardization

Implementing uniform technical specifications

validation · gray-scale · linearization · traceability · certification

Family

meter, density

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