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<h1>Re: SANE &amp; exposure times</h1>
<b>Stephen Williams</b> (<a href="mailto:steve@icarus.com"><i>steve@icarus.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Fri, 30 Jul 1999 18:03:20 -0700</i>
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<a href="mailto:rickand@gemse.fr">rickand@gemse.fr</a> said:<br>
<i>&gt; When scanning color images, optical density allone is not enough, we</i><br>
<i>&gt; need to know what color (wavelength) was used to do the scanning and</i><br>
<i>&gt; what is the detector efficiency as a function of wavelength.</i><br>
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Not so simple. A red sensor, for example, is not just sensitive to a<br>
single color that it defines as red. Instead it is typically sensitive<br>
to colors ranging from ultraviolet to infrared. And if that were not<br>
enough, the source of light has its own spectrum as well.<br>
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A red signal is generated when the frequencies that the sensor respond<br>
to, the frequencies that the illuminator emit, and the frequencies that<br>
subject reflect (or transmit, for transparencies) all match. It gets even<br>
more complicated in some scanners, that have color filters in the optical<br>
path. These are sometimes used to compensate for issues wrt illumination<br>
or CCD sensitivity.<br>
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The closest thing there is to a calibration table for scanners is<br>
an ICC color profile.<br>
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