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orthochromatic film - a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light

photographic film, film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

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pellicola ortocromatica

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References in periodicals archive

(Flaherty's pioneering use of panchromatic rather than orthochromatic film stock also does wonders for the film's sensual impact, especially regarding its sculptural textures of skin, clouds, and sea.)

Given voice: Jonathan Rosenbaum on Moana with Sound

Running film that is not orthochromatic through a processor in which orthochromatic film is run changes the processor's chemistry and can affect daily QC outcomes.

Mammography processor quality assurance. (Directed Reading)

Filmmakers had to replace orthochromatic film with panchromatic stock, noisy arc and Cooper-Hewitt vapor lights with incandescent lighting, the noisy Bell and Howell studio cameras with blimped Mitchells, standard theater screens with perforated screens (to allow the sound from the speakers to penetrate the auditoriums), fixed microphones with movable booms, and a host of other changes and innovations.

The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931

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