
Light Science and Magic 4/e

The other metric you want to pay attention to is the color rendering index, or C.R.I. This tells you how true or accurate colors appear under the light. A C.R.I. of 100 is as good as it gets. Ms. Madden said that for most settings, you don’t want to drop too far below 90. Otherwise, things start to look weird, like under the security lighting that ... See more
Let There Be Light, but Let’s Make Sure It’s Good Light (Published 2019)
When we shoot movies, we use [DRO Auto] to lighten dark shadows.
Carol F. Roullard • The Sony A7 II: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide
With the conventional front-illuminated sensor at left, incoming light passes through microlenses that focus it on the photosites, which are located at the bottom of a well that resides between the on-chip circuitry. Even accounting for the microlens’ focusing properties, the relative angles that result in light falling on the photosensitive area a
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The Suffering of Light