reciprocity failure

collocation in English

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reciprocity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌres.ɪˈprɒs.ə.ti/us
/ˌres.ɪˈprɑː.sə.t̬i/
behaviour in which two people or groups of people give each other help ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofreciprocityandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Reciprocityfailuregenerally becomes significant at exposures of longer than about 1 sec for film, and above 30 sec for paper.
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Due to the large f-number of a pinhole camera, exposures will often encounterreciprocityfailure.
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Moreover, they take no account of color shifts orreciprocityfailure.
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To try to offset the reduced brightness of the film due toreciprocityfailure, a method called latensification can be used.
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Some films are very susceptible toreciprocityfailure, and others much less so.
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The external links cited provide guidance on how to compensate forreciprocityfailure.
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Cooling the emulsion during the exposure reducesreciprocityfailureby extending the lifetime of the unstable single-atom stage of latent image formation.
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This breakdown in the usual tradeoff between aperture and shutter speed is known asreciprocityfailure.
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This is less true for extremely long or short exposures, where we havereciprocityfailure.
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There are two kinds ofreciprocityfailure.
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When a telescope is tracking an object, every minute is difficult; therefore,reciprocityfailureis one of the biggest motivations for astronomers to switch to digital imaging.
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This characteristic is known as "reciprocityfailure".
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