Table 1 Optical density (OD) of model high- and low-density B&W photographic negative films before and after stimulated microorganism contamination

From: Effect of microbial contamination of black and white photographic negative films on developed photos

Samples

OD

T (%)

ΔT(%)

Model high-density samples

Before simulated microorganism contamination

2.42 ± 0.03

0.38 ± 0.13

−0.33

Treated with simulated microorganism contamination

2.15 ± 0.02

0.71 ± 0.21

Model low-density samples

Before simulated microorganism contamination

0.15 ± 0.01

70.79 ± 0.65

−18.34

Treated with simulated microorganism contamination

0.05 ± 0.01

89.13 ± 0.58