capture on film is what i am talking about. in B&W printing, you can change the paper contrast or use multiple contrast filters and exposures if you are using such so that the highlights and shadows you captured still print. yes, it's only about 7 stops range that will show up on the print as you compress it. the characteristic curves for traditional B&W film that i have looked at reach only about 10 stops with normal development in something like D-76/ID-11.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:51 PM Subject: Re: Digital Photography > Use chromogentic B&W film. 15 stops is pretty normal. What I want to see is a > print that can show it. AFAIK, B&W is still limited to about 7 stops, and color > to about 5. Of course if you are talking about compressing those 10 stops down > to 5 you are saying something different than you seem to think you are saying, > as that is easy to do with traditional photo techniques.
