title: 3CCD camera's capability for measuring color differences: experiment in the nearly neutral region.
abstract: A method to assess the discrimination capability of a camera to measure small color differences is proposed. The method helps to fix the working conditions of the camera and analyzes the reliability of the measurements through comparison with a reference instrument. Attention is paid to the camera's performance in the nearly neutral region of color space. The color differences are calculated using the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage L*a*b* (CIELAB) deltaEab* and CIE 2000 color-difference formula metrics. The Sony DX-9100P 3CCD camera results are very close to those obtained by the Photo Research PR-715 spectroradiometer. Their absolute discrepancy is lower than the suprathreshold of visual discrimination (0.887 CIELAB unit).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Optica y Optometria, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, 08222 Terrassa Barcelona, Spain. millan@oo.upc.es
authors.forename: María S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Millán
authors.forename: Edison
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.forename: Montse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corbalán
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*