Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/21

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Subject: [Leica] looking for the "most" tonal range
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sun Nov 21 00:40:33 2004
 
OK, I know medium format or larger will have much larger tonal range than 
35mm, but within the confine of 35mm film, I understand that generally B&W 
has about 10 stops of range, where as slides has about 5-6 and negatives 
have about 7-8.

Questions:
Assuming ISO100 or higher:
- How about the chromogenic B&W? I presume since their structure is more 
like color film, they have range similar to color film?
- Among all the chromogenic B&W, which is has the most range and the 
smoothest transition? Which one is the "sharpest" if there is are few 
choices?
- Same questions with "real" B&W: which has the most range and the 
smoothest transition? Which one is the "sharpest" if there are a few 
choices? Which developer? Which paper?

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com)
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