Digital BW, The Print

It strikes me that some of the confusion in this discussion 
regarding "dynamic range" and "density range" might stem from the 
fact that, "density range", as used by Austin, is analogous to 
what "dynamic range" measures in audio technology.  

At least in my understanding, the "dynamic range" of an audio 
amplifier has to do with the ratio of maximum signal strength to 
minimum signal strength.  It has nothing to do with the size of steps 
between them.  Or am I missing something here and is "dynamic range" 
of an amplifier also somehow analogous to the "dynamic range" of a 
print, and not to a print's density range? 

 -- Herb Sitz


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" 
<darkroom@i...> wrote:
> Right, but the proper term is density range, NOT dynamic range.
> 
> Why, Dynamic Range, of course ;-)  That's why the word "dynamic" is
> used...which basically means "of or relating to variation of 
intensity" in
> this use.
> 
> BTW, this stuff is just so important to a deeper understanding of 
quite a
> lot of stuff in photography, much less other things in life.  At 
least in my
> opinion.
>