[filmscanners] Re: Scanning negs vs. slides

[TonySleep@halftone.co.uk]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 06:00:04 +0200  Anthony Atkielski
(anthony@atkielski.com) wrote:

> No, it's more like this:
>
> BT IM APR H AEIFRAIN = color negative
> APTURE THE SAME INFO = color slide
>
> Color negative capture the entire sentence, but with less detail (missing
> letters, in this analogy) than slide film.  Slide film captures only the
> middle part of the sentence, but with complete detail.

Ah, the danger of analogies is that we end up arguing over them rather than
 the core issue. I should have known better than to risk it...

There's nothing complete about tranny tonality, nor incomplete about neg
tonality, in any absolute sense. It's merely a matter of 'best fit' to the
luminance range of the original scene that you *want* to capture on film.



Regards

Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner info
& comparisons
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