Digital BW, The Print

That can be done.  But, the registration problems are an issue.  It can make for tedious work.  However, multiple scans from a single piece of film where you change only the 'density' settings ( not any dimensional settings) is fairly straight forward.  That can allow you to get the absolute maximum from your single slide/neg.
 
TB


Austin Franklin <darkroom@...> wrote:
Hi Greg,

> While I don't have the scientific data to back it up (and you might -- if
> so, please share) I'd tend to think that one could extract significantly
> more effective latitude by the bracketing and stacking technique
> discussed
> in this thread using a digital camera than one could ever get with
> film.

But...why couldn't you simply do the same thing with film?  Take multiple
exposures at different exposures, and scan them, and combine them in PS?

> Even with the best-exposed negative, no scanner currently made
> (short of a
> drum scanner -- maybe) is going to extract the full dynamic range.

But...that's simply not true.  You can extract the FULL density range (don't
confuse dynamic range with density range) of any B&W or color negative film
on a respectable film scanner.  SOME slide films may be at the limits of mid
range film scanners, but today's mid range film scanners are pretty good.

What film, specifically, do you think a decent scanner can't scan the full
density range of?

Regards,

Austin


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