Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

Where did you read this? I'd love to get my hands on it.

Thanks,
Peter Lindman




on 10/10/02 6:45 PM, Martin Wesley at mwesley250@... wrote:

> Truman,
> 
> My thoughts were running parallel to yours on development but I recently
> read that scanners can read some pretty high densities. Epson 1640 - 2.6,
> Nikon 8000 - 2.8, Imacon Flextight III - 2.7, Howtek HR8000 - 3.3, Howtek
> D4500 - 3.5. From Ansel Adams, The Negative, he puts Zone X densities of a
> negative in the 1.5 to 2.2 range with plus developments rising to 2.5 and
> minus developments falling to 1.0. So it would appear that scanners have the
> capability to handle the highlights in normally developed negatives.
> 

> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
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