Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote: > Sure, but I'm not sure what it is you would like me to elaborate on? > > Do you understand dynamic range, and why slide film has a wider dynamic > range than negative film? It's simple, because positive film does not have > a film base color to it. That means that your available "signal" for > positive film is from clear to black, where on negative film, your available > "signal" starts at the film base and goes to black...and is therefore less > than that of positive film. > > Also, keep in mind that on negative film, shadows are clear, and highlights > are black...so scanners never have any trouble "getting into the shadows" > with negative film. > > Austin Well, what do you know, you learn something new everyday. feli ________________________________________________________________________ When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to smile all the time. -Ethan Ormsby ________________________________________________________________________ Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) 314-2800 ext.3074 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html