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RE: [Digital BW] Dynamic Range Definitions and Print Tones

2002-03-29 by Austin Franklin

Hi Kevin,

> > I don't believe that lowers the dynamic range of the print...it 
> is what it
> > is.  The dynamic range YOU can perceive is lower, no doubt.
> > 
> When you say "it is what it is" do you mean that given a set of 
> increasingly
> accurate measuring devices there will be a point where the next most
> accurate device will not yield a result different from its predecessor?

Yes, that's an interesting way to put it!

> Also, how do you deal with the increasingly precise measurement when the
> precision of the measurements starts to exceeds 2x (or is it 1/2) the
> physical characteristics of that which you are measuring (ink droplets,
> silver grains etc.

I don't quite get what you mean here...

Regards,

Austin

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