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[filmscanners] Re: Scanning negs vs. slides
Austin writes:
> Are you trying to claim that the number
> of tones that paper is capable of is
> LESS than your eyes are capable of?
Paper isn't capable of anything. Only paper combined with a printing method
is capable of something. And current printing methods cannot duplicate the
gamut of human vision.
> BTW, what do you believe makes paper a
> "very poor display medium"?
Limited dynamic range, and the limitations of the inks and dyes used to
print upon it.
> And compared to WHAT?
CRT displays, direct projection of transparencies, and the like. In
general, technologies that filter or produce light have larger gamuts than
those that merely reflect light.
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