Digital BW, The Print

Personally I am surprised that they haven't added an auto "expose to the
right but without blowing and channel's highlights" exposure setting and the
ability to automatically bracket down (only) from that.  This would be very
smart.  


> From: Elwood Spedden <elwood@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:16:30 -0700 (PDT)
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Digital vs scan for BW Print
> 
> A further note. I think that, multiple exposures for
> controlling dynamic range aside, it is perhaps more
> imperative than ever with digital that ND filters be
> used to control highlights. This allows opening the
> foreground (more shadow) to stay as far away from the
> noise floor as possible. I don't think the issue is so
> much digital vs film as it is understanding the
> characteristics of each so that proper exposures
> within the limitations can be produced.
> 
> Reading reports from the pros quickly shows that they
> believe more than ever in getting the exposure correct
> "in camera." 
> 
> woody
>