10-21-2010, 02:29 PM
[quote name='Pinhole' timestamp='1287666945' post='3719']
Maybe I used the term 'dynamic range' wrongly - in a more general way meaning the rendition of highlights and shadows - not necessarily in absolute terms. Like I said, I'm no scientist, but as I understand it digital sensors - just like in audio A/D converters - have no 'headroom' (once they clip, it's gone). And to my eyes, there are very fine subtleties in highlights and shadows in film that are not rendered using a DSLR.
Looking at some old B&W prints I'm seeing an incredibly smooth tonal range in the greys which I have never managed to achieve with a digital camera.
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I do think it is possible, as many pictures on the internet and those I've seen in print do show, but just as it is with film, you need to process both the negative (RAW) and the print (jpeg, for viewing or for print) the right way, which is different to the analog days. See my notes above <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />.
Kind regards, Wim
Maybe I used the term 'dynamic range' wrongly - in a more general way meaning the rendition of highlights and shadows - not necessarily in absolute terms. Like I said, I'm no scientist, but as I understand it digital sensors - just like in audio A/D converters - have no 'headroom' (once they clip, it's gone). And to my eyes, there are very fine subtleties in highlights and shadows in film that are not rendered using a DSLR.
Looking at some old B&W prints I'm seeing an incredibly smooth tonal range in the greys which I have never managed to achieve with a digital camera.
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<img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />.
I do think it is possible, as many pictures on the internet and those I've seen in print do show, but just as it is with film, you need to process both the negative (RAW) and the print (jpeg, for viewing or for print) the right way, which is different to the analog days. See my notes above <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....