----- Original Message ----- From: Herb Chong Subject: Re: Med format exhibit in Texas, great stuff
> > a quote from Fujifilm Profesional Data Guide, publication AF3-102E: > > "While the human eye can adjust to extreme differences in brightness, even > when the ratio between the highest and lowest luminance levels is as much > as 400:1, film is unable to cope with such extremes. Both shadow detail and > bright highlights cannot be accurately reproduced at the same time. One or > the other (or both) must be sacrificed, according to the way the > photographer wants the scene to look. In such situations, it is best to > take separate readings of the bright, mid-tone, and dark areas, preferably > with a spotmeter, in order to determine the best exposure to suit the > purpose." In such situations, sure Herb. However, you have to go looking for those scene types. Most of the time, a 7 stop range will capture the entire scene. Are you debating this? Did you go out with a spot meter and see what % of scenes fall into a 6 stop range? > > think Fuji knows something about film and how it works? 400:1 is almost 9 > stops. Are you saying that because the human eye can goof itself into thinking it can see a 9 stop range that suddenly all scene types are a nine stop range? you said previously "Certainly, there are exceptions, anyone who > works in a photo lab > has seen the Grand Canyon at high noon examples of how not to take > pictures." sorry, but that is merely a limitation of film as a recording > media. Thats exactly what I was saying, whether you want to try to turn it into something else or not is your concern, not mine. it can easily be a great composition that is beyond what the film > can record. all you have said is that great nature pictures are taken in > lighting where the range of luminance doesn't exceed 6 stops. that is a > result of the limitations of the medium and not because that is the only > time that there are great scenes to be recorded. Horehockey. Thats not what I said at all. Go back, reread the what I posted, and try to get your head around it before you try again. But don't start pulling a Mafud on me, its a good way to get me riled. William Robb
