Digital BW, The Print

on 9/26/01 5:27 PM, Austin Franklin at darkroom@... wrote:

> Supra 100 has a base of .28/.74/.91 and a max of 2.41/2.81/3.15.  Tri-X has
> a base of .19 and a max of 2.16.
> 
> That's a B&W density range of 1.97, and a color of 2.13/2.07/2.24.

something is very squiffy here, then, because it is possible to 'block up'
highlights in BW neg to the extent that my sprintscan 4000 can't get through
them, whereas I simply can't do that using any color neg, including Supra
100. Moreover, placing the negs side by side on a light table, the color neg
subjectively lets more light through.

I'm not saying you didn't read what you read on the densitometer, only that
it's contrary not only to received wisdom (yeah, right) but also to my
personal experience.

-- 
John Brownlow

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