Re:slide vs neg

[P3D <gnored@xxxxxxx>]

Ron Labbe writes:
 
> You're opening a can of worms! I don't really know anything about negative
> film, so I can't argue. However, isn't it true that most professional
> photographers use transparency film for reproduction? I've never heard that
> negative film is the most accurate, but it makes sense since it is less
> 'processed'...

DANGER WILL ROBINSON!

But ...

Bob Howard wrote on this subject some time ago. His explanation was 
clear and made a lot of sense -- I had simply understood things 
differently. So, now I'm completely confused. I know that the photo 
mag numbers generally look better for color reversal films. I know 
I've read somewhere something about all the exposed (and therefore 
larger) silver grains having been washed away in reversal films, 
leaving only the smallest grains available for creating the color 
image. But I also know I have gotten some large and absolutely 
beautiful color prints from even such humble emulsions as Kodacolor 
100. It's all very perplexing.

Maybe Bob could write at greater length on this subject (hint, hint) 
or maybe someone could recommend a book or article that lays it all 
out. I know it is perhaps a tangental interest, but I don't think its 
irrelvant to 3D.

Regards,

Gary N.


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