Noisy digital shadows - was: Re: [Leica] re: digital treadmill

[phong at doan-ltd.com (Phong)]

Tina Manley wrote:
> And this page "proves" that some digital cameras have more dynamic 
> range than some films:
> http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/dynamicrange2/


This information flies smack against my experience so that
my reaction is like that when I read of an MIT "scientific"
paper that "proves" that bees cannot fly.  It is obvious
that which Roger Clark of Clark Vision measures and my
experience of "dynamic range" do not coincide.

When I use my Canon digital SLR, I am always mindful
of the possibility of blown highlights.

- Phong