On 5 Nov 2004 at 1:24, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > What I was referring to about specialized films is that super low > contrast films could have a greater DYNAMIC RANGE than digital > for extremely contrasty scenes and super high contrast films could have > a better amplitude > resolution (bit depth) for extremely low contrast scenes than digital.
I don't think consumer digicams can currently meet the exposure latitude of many wide latitude print films (colour or B&W) but it will happen. http://www.physorg.com/news1714.html Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998