Some claim the Kodak sensor produced smoother gradations and a higher quality image at lower ISO numbers.

You got the effect of smooth gradation.

As its name suggests, Ultra 50 delivers the most of each; Portrait 160, on the other hand, offers a smooth gradation and softer color.

The one it has is an old-school "flood with white/black for brightness and toss away smooth gradations for contrast," so it's butchering images compared to a curve adjustment.

With glowing, jewel-like colors, smooth gradations emerge to evoke the grandeur of breathtaking vistas.

The alignment of the gratings is altered by electronic signals, and this displacement controls the intensity of the diffracted light in a very smooth gradation.

This allows for bigger enlargements and smooth gradation without the grain or blur that would characterize similarly enlarged images produced from smaller film formats.

Unlike Earth, there would be no fossils here, she knew, no remnants of life in these deep levels; only a smooth gradation of minerals, processed by the slow workings of geology.

There were smooth gradations, no bright spots, no linear features.

Balinese batik is characterized by bright and vibrant colors, which the tie dye technique blends into a smooth gradation of color with many shades.