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RE: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!
> > I don't mean this to come across snide, but do
> > you actually know what a density range of 0-3.4
> > means?
>
> Yes. It means 12-bit output,
It does not necessarily mean a 12 bit output...
> which gives a _theoretical_ dynamic range of
> 4096:1, or log(4096)=3.6, for density range. (A range of 3.4 actually
> corresponds to about 2500:1.)
Glad you understand what a density ratio represents. Now, how do you know
that the Polaroid does not have a better density range than the Nikon? Did
you actually verify this through testing? As I said, if you are going by
the data sheets, the numbers are useless.
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