Digital BW, The Print

Andrew,

Why couldn't you have simply done what you wanted, and not said a word,
about it?  What was the point of your "public announcement"?

And yes, I know, he probably won't see this (unless someone responds), as
it'll just simply go into his "deleted items" folder...

Austin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Biggs [mailto:abiggs@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 1:31 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Is there a difference?
>
>
> I think I have finally reached the point where any email from this
> group, with Austin's name will go directly in the 'deleted items'
> folder. Sorry, Austin, but I have to do it to save my sanity.
>
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From: Austin Franklin
> 	Sent: Tue 10/15/2002 11:28 AM
> 	To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> 	Cc:
> 	Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Is there a difference?
>
>
> 	Hi Jerry,
>
> 	> I am looking at
> 	> VERY good images.
>
> 	Whether an image looks "VERY good" or not, has nothing to do
> with the image
> 	containing "better highlights and shadow detail".
>
> 	> If
> 	> you can't get better highlight and shadow
> 	> detail out of photoshop and digitial than you can a darkroom
> print, you
> 	> simply don't know your craft very well.
>
> 	I don't understand what Photoshop as to do with it.  Either the
> information
> 	is there in the image file, or on the film, or not.  I am
> specifically
> 	talking about the number of stops the medium is able to record,
> I don't care
> 	about printing, as that is comparing apples to adverbs.  You can
> print
> 	scanned film digitally the same way you print digital camera
> images.  I
> 	believe printing is an entirely different issue, and I separate
> that
> 	out...though I know you seem to believe film should only be
> printed
> 	chemically, and always choose that workflow for comparison, for
> what ever
> 	reason.
>
> 	B&W film can record up to 15 stops of image information.
> Digital imaging
> 	sensors can't use compensation development, obviously, and are
> subject to
> 	simply the sensitivity of the sensor, and they are limited to
> 11/12 stops at
> 	this point in time.
>
> 	Regards,
>
> 	Austin