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F-stop contour plot in pseudocolor (normalized)<br />

Gamma can be tricky to measure for several reasons. (1) Many cameras have complex response curves, for example, "S"-curves<br />

superposed atop gamma curves. This means that gamma can vary with brightness. (2) Some cameras employ adaptive signal<br />

processing in their RAW conversion algorithms. This increases contrast (i.e., gamma) for low contrast subjects and decreases it for<br />

contrasty subjects. This improves image quality for a wide range of scenes, but makes measurements difficult, especially since Light<br />

Falloff targets have the lowest possible contrast.<br />

Both contour plots are available as 3D plots (Master-only). The following 3D plot is unnormalized and shaded.<br />

Deriving f-stop falloff<br />

3D shaded pseudocolor F-stop contour plot (unnormalized)<br />

The f-stop falloff in the second plot is derived from the equations,<br />

Pixel level = k1 luminance γ ; Luminance = k2 pixel level 1/γ and<br />

F-stop loss = log2(luminance ratio) = 3.322 log10(luminance ratio)<br />

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