On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 14:21:06 -0000 Lynn Allen (ktrout@hotmail.com) wrote:
> Certainly, one could expect the grain to be less, but would the
> trade-off be burned-out highlight details?
It may be. As with any material, the higher the subject contrast range the
more decisions you have to make about where on the sensitometric curve to
locate the image, or which tones you are prepared to sacrifice. However
colour neg and chromagenic B&W have truly extraordinary range. Usually you
can't use all of it and hope to print it in the darkroom, except as a
horribly flat print (or an exercise in dodging and burning). But you can
scan much more of it, and adjust things to work well.
Regards
Tony Sleep
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