Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tim, Yes, I have seen this statement here on the LUG as well as elsewhere. I think the idea is that negative film has a lower inherent dynamic range, thus placing fewer demands on the scanner (compared with transparency film). Nathan Tim Atherton wrote: > I spent the weekend dumping tons of old e-mail, and as a result I now need > one of them...! > > Was it on the LUG that someone posted that negative films only need a > scanner d-max of 2.8 or some such? > > Also, if so, what was the rationale? > > thanks > > tim > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html