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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Serious quadtone BW printing(some thoughts from the last...

2004-04-18 by sdmey4@aol.com

In a message dated 4/17/2004 4:10:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
glennthureson@... writes:

> Did we ever have true continuous tone?  Isn't it a matter of scale?  Surely
> in the darkroom the images were made up of tiny bits of silver.  The
> difference now is the the "bits" are easier to see.
> 
> Glenn
> Sure its a matter of scale. But you can't see dots on c prints or silver 
prints, nor can I on my monitor. Certainly they don't aid the tonal scale. Nice 
not to have them, a bonus if you will.
Steve M.




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