photo emulsion
Film's reactive layer
Photo emulsion is a light-sensitive coating applied to film, paper, or glass in photography.
It typically consists of silver halide crystals suspended in gelatin.
When exposed to light, the crystals undergo chemical changes that form a latent image, later developed into a visible photograph.
The term also applies to similar coatings used in screen printing and other imaging processes.
- gelatinCollagen-derived thickening protein
- developerOne who builds things
- photosensitiveResponsive to radiant energy
- silver nitrateAgNO₃ crystalline salt
- cyanotypePhotographic blue-print process
fixer · lithography · sensitizer · darkroom · light table · coating · wet plate · collodion · albumen · exposure · mesh screen · squeegee · polymer · drying rack · screen printing · enlarger · safelight · red light
- emulsionsmayonnaise, hollandaise, vinaigrette, homogenized milk, latex paint
- photosensitive materialsphotographic film, photographic paper, photographic plate, photosensitive, wet plate
- screen printingsilkscreen, serigraphy, stencil, squeegee, mesh screen
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
image capture technology
photo emulsionimage sensor
Light-to-signal conversion chip
digital imaging · silicon chip · digital photography · smartphone camera