Exposure latitude

In photography, exposure range is the difference between the lightest and darkest areas of a motif, the one type of film can still play.

If the exposure range is exceeded by the motive, the brightest area only undifferentiated white, and / or the darkest area is only undifferentiated reproduced black, that is the brightest and / or darkest areas of the image have no more drawing on.

The exposure range is usually expressed in the unit " f-stops ".

Slide films have a low exposure range of about four to six stops. Negative films have a much higher exposure range and can reach ten to twelve stops being black and white negatives usually have a greater exposure latitude than color negatives and can reach up to fourteen stops. Photo paper, however, only reached a lower exposure range of five to six stops. The sensor of a good digital camera today manages about nine to ten f-stops, Professional models also achieve up to sixteen stops.