RE: filmscanners: Re: So it's the bits?

[Bob Shomler]

>>Nikon may argue that their Dmin is measured with the exposure set low, and 
>>Dmax with the exposure set as high as possible.  This means that they can 
>>get up to another 2 to 4 stops(!!!) into their claimed DENSITY 
>>RANGE.  Which might explain why they use the term Density Range and not 
>>Dynamic Range - Dynamic Range certainly means the range that can be covered 
>>without changing the setup i.e. the range available at one instant.
>
>Hmmmmm. Well spotted!
>
>Tony Sleep

But they *do* use Dynamic Range in some of their literature (4.2 in Nikon's product 
data sheet for the 4000 ED and their model comparison sheet, provided by Nikon at this 
past week's Mac World).