Photographic printing method and apparatus for setting a degree of illuminant chromatic correction using inferential illuminant detection.

摘要

A method of setting chromatic correction in exposure determining algorithms of an automatic photographic printer using inferential illuminant detection derived from data recorded at a camera during picture taking. For scenes having a scene light level above a predetermined level, daylight chromatic correction is set at the printer. For scenes having a scene light level below this level, daylight chromatic correction is set at the printer if sufficient flash illuminant is determined from the recorded data to exist in the image otherwise a non-daylight chromatic correction corresponding to a high degree of chromatic correction is set at the printer.