Patent ID: 6133983
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A method of operating a photographic printer for exposure of a film image frame onto print paper in which a degree of illuminant chromatic correction is set from information recorded at a camera derived from picture-taking data; the method comprising:detecting at a photographic printer said recorded information;determining from said detected information instructions relating to scene light level and the existence or non-existence of a predetermined amount of flash illuminant in the film image frame;setting a low degree of chromatic correction corresponding to daylight correction when said instructions relate to either (a) a scene light level above a predetermined value or (b) a scene light level below a predetermined value and that said predetermined amount of flash illuminant exists in the film frame image; andsetting a high degree of chromatic correction corresponding to non-daylight correction when said instructions relate to a scene light level below said predetermined value and that said predetermined amount of flash illuminant does not exist in the film frame image.