Digital BW, The Print

> In a
> full range continuous tone silver print there are no steps between min and
> max density but an infinite number of tones.

There certainly aren't an infinite number of tones!

> Which is why photographers have traditionally only looked at the range
> between Dmin and Dmax as being of interest. The idea of a finite number of
> tones is something that was born with digital imaging and has mistakenly
> leaked across into analyzing continuous tone analog images.

Well I certainly disagree with that, it's by no means a mistake!  I've
always talked about dynamic range and number of tones in analog imaging.  It
really doesn't take an eagle eye to see that some prints can have more tones
than others!

Austin