Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully
Used in a Sentence
orthochromatic
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for orthochromatic.
Editorial note
It's worth mentioning that contemporary photographers can make panchromatic wet plates, and also that orthochromatic film is available.
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Parts of speech1
Quick take
Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of orthochromatic gathered in one view.
(photography) Sensitive to all colours except red
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for orthochromatic.
adjective
Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully
adjective
(photography) Sensitive to all colours except red
Example sentences
It's worth mentioning that contemporary photographers can make panchromatic wet plates, and also that orthochromatic film is available.
With orthochromatic emulsions, the patch could have been either black or red since the emulsion isn't sensitive to red.
Most undeveloped film would be destroyed by the red light, except very uncommon orthochromatic film.
Is the emulsion only blue sensitive, say a collodion emulsion, or is it new enough to be either orthochromatic or even panchromatic?
The first photo emulsions were all orthochromatic, which makes skin look weird.
Achromatic lenses (corrected for blue and green) was acceptable for black and white orthochromatic film and plates which are only sensitive to blue and green.
They were called panchromatic films (as opposed to earlier orthochromatic films).
Panchromatic vs orthochromatic was still a choice even in the 70s.
Xray film is just cheaper orthochromatic black & white film.
Most films on sale were 'orthochromatic' which signified that they weren't sensitive to red, and so you could develop them in a darkroom with a red 'safelight'.
There's clearly some orthochromatic plates or film being used.
Advantage: high resolution, disadvantage: not orthochromatic/panchromatic, sensitive only to blue light.
Quote examples
Orthochromatic ("correct colour"), or ortho, materials were actually improved-spectrum materials that were sensitive well into the yellow-green.
If they'd found a way to create panchromatic plates/film before ortho as we know it happened, the name "orthochromatic" would have been given to that instead.
The magic word here is "orthochromatic".
"Orthochromatic" was a fix; it had extended green sensitivity compared to earlier processes/materials (which were usually referred to as "actinic" after ortho was introduced).
Proper noun examples
Orthochromatic photo emulsions (the light-sensitive part of film or photo paper) are only sensitive to short wavelengths of light.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use orthochromatic in a sentence?
It's worth mentioning that contemporary photographers can make panchromatic wet plates, and also that orthochromatic film is available.
What does orthochromatic mean?
Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully
What part of speech is orthochromatic?
orthochromatic is commonly used as adjective.