Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 11/24/2004 5:06:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com writes:

> So under current inks we are getting around 5.5 stops of tonal range
> from matt papers.
> 

In a way, yes, but not exactly. From a sensi-densi viewpoint perhaps, but 
emotionally, we far more than that in terms of visually discernible tones by the 
medium.

All prints represent a compressed dynamic range in the reflective sense with 
respect to the original since we have real-time adaptation and a fairly narrow 
study of parts of the real scene in the process (Yosemite is much bigger than 
Ansel's 30x40's).

Claude


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