On 20 Dec 2001 at 19:29, Doug Franklin wrote: > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:53:43 -0800, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > [...] I also have better luck scanning negatives than slides. It > > seems that you need a bigger D-range in your scanner to really do > > slides well. > > Maybe there's something I'm not understanding here, but that sounds > strange. I thought that negative film typically had a larger dynamic > range than slide film. Am I confusing dynamic range and exposure > latitude?
Hi Doug, Neg film captures greater scene dynamics on a lower contrast media (ie it compresses the hell out of it), slide film captures a lower scene range but has is a far higher contrast media than neg film, so scanners with a limited dynamic range have a much better chance of scanning neg film. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
