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RE: filmscanners: Magnification of light - AND brief density math lesson...
> Well, you tell me, then, why that negative we
> scanned took an hour or more.
The exposure was probably set to a very long time. The scan time is
entirely deterministic...and that is the only explanation. You are welcome
to come back and try it again.
> Sorry, this all flies in the face of what I
> thought I knew about scanners. If you're
> going to throw away bits, throw away the LS bits,
> not the MS bits.
It's not bits that get thrown away, it's range. The actual image data only
occupies a portion of the 16 bitrange. According to the Leaf documentation,
increasing exposure time only increases DMax. I'll copy the page for you if
you like.
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