Digital BW, The Print

Anthony,

Just a  quibble with your use of "thrown away". I don't think you can throw
away something that you have not captured. If you substitute "not captured"
for "thrown away" and "missing" for "lost", I would agree wholeheartedly
with you.

BUT, that doesn't explain why it is much easier in my experience to get good
18x12 prints from my D100, than from my F100 with Provia 100F scanned with
either a Nikon LS4000 or a Minolta 5400.

Bob Frost

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>
> Yes, it does.  Since each photosite on the sensor receives only one
primary
> color, the information for the other two colors is being thrown away.
> Overall, 2/3 of the total RGB image information is lost; software
simulates
> the lost information by interpolation, but simulation is not recovery.