Digital BW, The Print

> > How come a property, such as dynamic range, as cited here,
> applies in this
> > "meaning"/"understanding" in digital imaging, and not in analog imaging?
>
> Because noise becomes much less of a limiting factor than chemical and
> optical phenomena?

I don't believe so.  Limiting or not doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  It may
make the significance of "it" less, no doubt.

Point is, it's really clear that WRT digital imaging, number of bits IS
dynamic range.  Many technical resources (not ones of Photoshop gurus) state
exactly that, as well as the Higgins book on Digital Signal Processing
clearly does.  Why are people willing to accept it "exists" as one "meaning"
when applied there, but as a different "meaning" when applied to chemical
prints.

Austin