Mark (and all), You've made my point exactly. If you define what your number means, then there is no opportunity for ambiguity or error. Unfortunately, very few spec sheets for consumer products actually do this....
Shel, consider yourself lucky that you shoot lots of B&W. Color management is even more of a nightmare than dynamic range! --Mark -------Mark Wrote------- > > [cut, snip] > >The definition I'm familiar with says that DMAX is the Log >of the reciprocal of transmission (D = log 1/T). In other words, >if 1% of the light reaching the film is transmitted through it, >the DMAX is 2.0 (the reciprocal of .01 is 100 and the log of >100 is 2.0) See http://www.digital-image.co.nz/DI_Topics.htm - 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 .
