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film speed

photography
Also known as: sensitivity

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role in photography

  • In speed

    …(3) the sensitivity of the film to light.

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  • sequence of negative–positive process
    In technology of photography: Sensitometry and speed

    …sensitivity or speed of a film determines how much light it needs to produce a given amount of silver on development. Sensitometry is the science of measuring this sensitivity, which is determined by giving the material a series of graduated exposures in an appropriate instrument (the sensitometer). After development under…

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