> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Don > Williams Finland > > > The plots were made on the red channel. For certain technical > reasons it is impossible to scan all the channels at once. The > others give similar results. Unfortunately Scion Image scales the > Y axis and so one needs to look at the values. The scanning range > is 1 to 256 grey levels and was done on a line, one pixel wide, > through the centre of the negative horizontally. > > Frame plot01n 1/125/f 8 density range - 104 to 253 > Frame plot02n 1/250/f 8 density range - 51 to 246 > Frame plot03n 1/500/f 8 density range - 30 to 231 > > The first negative is so dense* that it would be very > difficult if not > impossible to obtain any kind of print. While some parts of the > second negative might be printable detail is missing in the denser > parts. The third negative, exposed at 1/500 at f 8 is good and will > produce a good print. > > * Over-exposed or over-developed whichever you like.
They're different things. Is it possible it actually *is* overexposed, and 1/500th or thereabouts is actually closer to the correct exposure for ISO 400? You're absolutely dead certain yu metereed correctly? tv - 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 .

