Color preferences in films for fundus photography.

Photographs that provide a colorimetrically faithful image of the original object are known to be subjectively unacceptable. Color photographic films depict a distortion of the color of the original in order to produce a subjectively acceptable reproduction. The distorsions involved may not be appropriate for the reproduction of ocular fundus photographs. This paper assesses the performance of a variety of color slide films in producing photographs of the ocular fundus that are subjectively acceptable. Assessments were made of the photographs of the fundi of blond, dark Asian, and Indian patients. The result of the assessment is a recommendation that points toward the photographic film that will produce the subjectively most acceptable color reproduction.