----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless" Subject: Re: FIND
> Thanks, Bill. I really don't know much about D-max, so a I took a few > minutes to look it up and edumecate myself. Googling "D-max" returns > quite a few non-photo results. Of course, the first photo related > result is Kenny's site. > > Anyway, looks like most of the folks at photo.net who are willing to use > numbers think that Kodachrome 64 has a D-max in the 3.7-3.8 range. > Kenny boy thinks Velvia has a higher D-max than Kodachrome, but he > probably just read that on the forums at apug. > I had this debate with Paal Jensen a few years ago regarding Velvia (his pet film) and Kodachrome (for me, the film that can do no wrong). I put a sample of each unexposed/processed film to the densitometer, and the Kodachrome was definitely higher, though honestly, I don't remember by how much, I do recall it was significant. I suspect Velvia would be just at the limit of scanning for most scanners. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
