Digital BW, The Print

on 9/26/01 4:07 PM, Austin Franklin wrote:

> 
>> I thought due to it's low density dye clouds color neg film was of low
>> density range, thus low Dynamic Range, thus an easy scan.
>> 
>> Don't tell me there's more I'm missing! ;-)
> 
> It has a higher density range than B&W negatives.
> 

Really? Absolutely? I thought silver particles made for a higher density
than dye clouds. I don't know about ideal conditions, but from my experience
in the darkroom, I could always overexpose and/or overdevelop BW film, in a
way that would give me a greater density over film base than I did with
color neg films. Or so I thought. I've got some bullet proof BW negs where I
can barely see through the highlights (dense areas) on a lightbox. I could
never do that with color neg.

Todd