No one's arguing the need for high latitude film for this. For what you've said to be true, all films would have to have the same latitude below the reference density and all films would have to have the same latitude above the reference density. This is simply not so.
Regards, Bob... -------------------- "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams, 1771 ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:30 PM Subject: RE: Metering (WAS: RE: getting LX - worth it? (repairs,...)) > > Number 3. Some claim that using an incident light meter always > > gives the > > best exposure. Bull. Example: You are taking a photo of a bride and groom. > > The groom in wearing black with some pattern in his tux you want to > > reproduce as best as possible. The bride is wearing white with delicate > > white patterns you want to reproduce as best as possible. The goal here is > > more about getting the extremes within the latitude of the film and (if > > necessary) adjusting other areas in the darkroom. It's about > > getting as much > > information on the film as possible to give you choices later. > > This will not > > necessarily work by simply using an incident light meter. It > > depends on the > > characteristics of the film and how it works at the gray scale edges. > > The incidence metering technique gives the best POSSIBLE exposure > with a given film. But the only way to capture what your talking about > is to change to lower contrast film, using a spot meter or an in camera > meter > with the same film/developer is not going to help one bit.... > JCO > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
