Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Hemenway wrote: >> Hi Don and Pablo, >> >> Johnny explained it perfectly. dMax and dMin are measurements of density, >> not dynamic range. They are entirely different. >> >> It's the same reason that chromes, though they have a longer density range >> (since they have no colored film base, their range extends from clear film >> to darkest black) than negatives (whose range extends from above the film >> base to darkest black)...yet negative film has a larger dynamic range >> (ability to discern more tones). >> >> Line art drawings have a very large density range...but have virtually no >> dynamic range, since there are no tones between the white and the black... >> >> Austin >> thanks Austin - -- Pablo Kolodny www.pablokolodny.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html