Improved measurement of camera response function and its performance evaluation.

Estimation of camera response function (CRF) has become important in the field of computer graphics and radiance measurement to achieve accurate modeling and high dynamic range imaging. A method is proposed to provide accurate radiance for direct measurement of the CRF in this paper by using a polariscope. The experimental results indicate that the accuracy of the estimated CRF obtained by the new approach is about 5% better than that of the previous method.

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