Abstract:
Calculator for determining proper exposure times in making color prints from color negative films comprises an opaque mask with three series of windows having respectively blue, green and red filters of graduated density. The windows have double wedge shape to provide contiguous points and other points remote therefrom. Color print paper is test exposed to light passing through the negative, a diffusion filter, and the graduated filters; when the paper is developed, the correct exposure time is indicated on the paper by the faintest double wedge image which has sharply defined points. A filter device for use in conjunction with the calculator comprises a wheel rotatably mounted on the lens barrel of a projector and having a series of openings: one clear for focusing, one with a diffusion filter for the test exposure, and the others with blue, green, and red filters respectively.