[MF3D.FORUM:61] Re: Apparent image size, MF verus

["Bill Glickman" <bglick@xxxxxxxx>]

Rich

     Yes, paper is even slightly worse than chromes... but once you loose
something on a chrome you have no way to recover that detail... but if you
can capture the detail on the chrome you can find all different ways to get
it on paper, contrast masking in the darkroom or contrast controls in
Photoshop...  Now that I have turned digital, when ever a scene is greater
than 3.5 stops of contrast, I take two shots, one exposed for the highlights
and one for the shadows and take the properly exposed part of each in photo
shop to make one perfectly exposed image..  In general... the stops are as
follows..

Paper 2 - 3.5 stops
chromes 4 - 5 stops... Astia is the only one I am aware that will go to 5.
Negative film  7.5 -9 stops... some tell me they can get up to 10.

    Keep in mind, that although chromes have a 4 stop range, only about 1.5
stops that lies in the sweet spot, zone V, renders colors true, the
remaining 2.5 stops of color will appear different that what you saw with
your eyes... pain in the butt film, but it resolves up to 160 lpmm, Vevlia,
and that makes it all worth while, not to mention deep saturation also.  Oh
yeah, did I mention it scans well vs. negative film also?

Bill



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Subject: [MF3D.FORUM:60] Re: Apparent image size, MF verus


> >this of course
> >is one of the most cumbersome aspects of chrome film, blown out
highlights
> >and black shadows...
>
> Is that a problem of chromes or prints?  I thought negatives had the most
> range, followed by transparencies, followed by prints.  Nicht wahr?
>
> John B
>
>