[filmscanners] RE: Scanning negs vs. slides

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

Anthony,

> > Are you trying to claim that the number
> > of tones that paper is capable of is
> > LESS than your eyes are capable of?
>
> Paper isn't capable of anything.  Only paper combined with a
> printing method
> is capable of something.  And current printing methods cannot
> duplicate the
> gamut of human vision.

You just want to argue.  You KNOW what was being said, or at least should
have, since it was YOUR statement:

"Printed paper is a very poor display medium,"

that was being responded to.

You are wrong, the current printing methods CAN exceed what human vision is
capable of in a given light.  You can technically print a virtually
unlimited number of tones with a dither pattern, limited by practicality and
the size of the dither pattern/output.

> > BTW, what do you believe makes paper a
> > "very poor display medium"?
>
> Limited dynamic range,

Yeah, but you don't know what dynamic range is, so how can you say that?
Technically, everything has "limited dynamic range"...so you are merely
stating something that is irrefutable, and doesn't add anything to your
claim.

> and the limitations of the inks and dyes used to
> print upon it.

What limitations is that?

> > And compared to WHAT?
>
> CRT displays,

You believe you can see more on a CRT display than on a print?  Do you have
a 24 x 24 display?  You also believe that the 100 PPI resolution of a CRT is
better for viewing an image than the 360 PPI resolution that you can achieve
from printing?

> direct projection of transparencies,

Really?  Projected on what?

> and the like.

Like what?

> In
> general, technologies that filter or produce light have larger gamuts than
> those that merely reflect light.

Really?  What does it matter, if your medium exceeds human vision?

BTW, please stop snipping what it is that is being replied to.  Because of
your snipping no one can see how your answer does or doesn't pertain to the
issue being discussed, nor whether it may be right or wrong.  Is this
intentional?

Austin

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