Test film are rolls or loops or slides of photographic film used for testing the quality of equipment. Equipment to be tested could include: telecine, motion picture film scanner, Movie projectors, Image scanners, film-out gear, Film recorders and Film scanners.

Recreation of Telefunken T05 test card, also used as a test film in the DACH, showing Resolution, Registration, Geometry and grey tests
ТИТ-0249 test card, also used as a test film in the Soviet Union[1]
PLUGE, one type of low light test
Multiburst, one type of Resolution test
SMPTE RP-133 imaging Test Pattern used to calibrate and test medical imaging equipment

Test films comes in all film formats: 16mm, 35mm, Super 8, 8mm, 65mm, 70mm and IMAX, both motion pictures and still photography.

China girl

China girl, leader ladies, LAD girl or laboratory aim density (LAD) test film, is common name for a color chart test film with a color or black-and-white set up chart and a woman. This would be used stand alone or placed on a film leader, that is at the start of the first roll of film. An LAD patch is neutral gray, with visual density of 1.0. With the LAD patch is usually a white and black patch for white balancing films.

Color patches of blue, green, and red are used to check saturated colors. Grayscale chips are used to check for neutral color balance and correct contrast. While the face is used for color correct flesh tones, LAD film is a few frames or a loop of correctly exposed and processed negative film that is used by a film laboratory to set-up their analyzers. This is to ensure that the duplication and printing processes of the film is correct. [2] [3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Testtabel | ERR | Digihoidla".
  2. ↑ LAD for KODAK VISION Color Print Film
  3. ↑ www.northwestchicagofilmsociety.org Kodak LAD film
  4. ↑ <northwestchicagofilmsociety.org leaderladies
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