Graininess of Motion Picture Film

J. I. Crabtree

When a motion picture is viewed at a relatively short distance from the screen the various tones of the image are seen to consist of an agglomeration of small particles which appear to be in a state of boiling or scintillation. This lack of homogeneity of the tones of the picture is known as graininess, and for a given image is more apparent the greater the degree of enlargement and the shorter the distance of the observer from the screen.

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Published
1927-07
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Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J06614