Digital BW, The Print

Tony Riley wrote:

>A 16megapixel camera gives an 8bit RGB file of around 48MB.
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>Stop being a diehard !
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If it's only resolution that you are interested in, those figures tell 
the story.

Film (esp. B&W negative) has a much broader espouse latitude and a 
generally finer gradation of tonality. However, even if you have that 
information, the trick is getting more onto a digital print or a silver 
print from a film negative.  There are also silver based emulsions (like 
Kodak HIE) that you cannot recreate the tonal effects from simply by 
running a Photoshop filter on and then converting to B&W..
Keith

 
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