Light Control by Polarization and the Application of Polarizers to the Stereoscopic Process

Among the devices for light control are color filters for separation selection, neutral filters for supplementary control of exposures, and polarizing filters. Polarizers may be used in photography for the control of reflections and for exposure and contrast control of certain surfaces. Among the many uses of polarizers which are of interest in photography is their application to photoelastic analysis. Another application is in the production of special effects in color and black-and-white photography. Of particular interest is the application of polarizers and polarizing photo-materials to three-dimensional photography. — The paper discusses briefly the fundamental mathematics involved in the polarizing effect with particular reference to crossed polarizers.

Print ISSN

0097-5834

Published

1947-02

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J01873