I think you know the answer... >From what I have read, DMAX 4.0 is the theoretical limit or the calculation scale, not the limit of a particular film. Therefore anything above 4.0 is definately not using the standard scale, or is just made up.
There is no way to tell other than reading reviews and looking at posted scans. The best are on www.imaging-resouce.com, they are pretty exhasutive and address this issue directly with scanned examples. Alternatively user reviews on www.photographyreview.com are a good guide, but you have to factor in biases, generalisations and lack of comparitives. > The specs on a couple of well regarded scanners > claim a dynamic range of 4.2 and 4.8. > > So, are the published scanner figures accurate, or just advertising > nonsense, and how can a poor boy tell for sure? - 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 .
