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noun Photography.
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Origin of film speed

First recorded in 1910–15
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How to use film speed in a sentence

  • Film speed, immediate development, portable sound equipment.

    Black Man's Burden|Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for film speed

film speed

noun
the sensitivity to light of a photographic film, specified in terms of the film's ISO rating
the rate at which the film passes through a motion picture camera or projector
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