> I'd have to dig out my charts from when I was learning the Zone System, but > my recollection is that I was never able to get more than 9-10 stops out of > B&W film without going to very exotic processing methods. > My experience working as a QC technician in the photo lab industry indicated > to me that print film, when measured on a densitometer, was incapable of > givng more than 7-8 stops of dynamic range.
which still by far exceeds capabilities of any paper I guess... > My observations were not dependant on scanner limitations or paper dynamic > ranges, but on direct measurement of film samples using a device designed > specifically for that purpose. fair enough. Now let's talk about smoothness of tonal ranges... :-) Cheers, Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
