Oops, forgot the link, FWIW... http://www.digitalcamera.jp/report/S2Pro-020602/index.htm
---------- > From: Todd Flashner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 04:25:08 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Scene brightness and CCDs > > The number of stops of brightness that film can hold has been discussed of > late, but what about CCDs? What kind of luminance range have we the right to > expect from the better digicams? For a basis of discussion, look at this link, > which at the bottom shows a shows a shot of a boy backlit by sun, as taken buy > the 3 new cameras that are capturing a lot of attention and speculation of > late. It's pretty typical snapshot material, yet none of these cameras can > handle it without the highlights on his skin burning out. Surely this is only > the range of contrasty slide film, at best. > > I realize digicams might be off topic for this list, but these are supposedly > the products that will be putting our filmscanners to rest. Will legions of > photos with blown out highlights be the legacy of the new technology, or will > everyone need to become knowledgeable shooters - utilizing fill flash, or > carrying pocket reflectors - to retain detail in the most mundane of pictures? > > Okay, these are provocative questions... let me not get in a rant... but > seriously, how will these devices compare to our beloved films? It's clear > they can't handle the luminance that neg films can...not by a long shot...but > can they even match the worst of transparencies? Are these blown highlights > the result of poor processing algorithms, or are they lost to the RAW files as > well??? > > Todd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body