> -----Original Message----- > From: Pieter Nagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 02:17:46AM +1100, Anthony Farr wrote: > > > Incidentally, this is where film retains the edge over digital, > > because exposure outside the optimum range (on the > straight line) of film > > doesn't > > immediately become unusable, but instead gradually > diminishes in its > > usability according to the users taste. > > Tell me about it. Just today I was looking at a digital > picture with blown > highlights, and severely wishing it had been shot on film > for this one > reason. >
This works the other way though...I often have shots that are underexposed that would have been tossed had I shot them on film. They're salvagable with digital. I will agree there's very little room for overexposure. tv
