Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" 
<darkroom@i...> wrote:
> 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...
> 
I'm not surprised.  For some reason I started getting confused 
between precision of density measurement and the size of the area 
being sampled.  Erroneously thinking that the measurment had to be 
smaller to be better.  Hence the reference to physical size.

> Regards,
> 
> Austin