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.

Send me any film you want to send me.  You know I have a pretty decent
densitometer, and I know how to use it (when I read the cal strips, they are
spot on)...I mean, put film in...press button and hold until it displays a
value...oh yeah, turn it on first ;-)


BTW, swuiffy?