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[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait
Austin writes:
> Are you claiming most real life scenes don't
> have 10 stops of density range ...
Yes, if you eliminate light sources and specular highlights, particularly
the former.
> ... or that film doesn't have 10 stops of
> density range?
Film has the range, but most scenes do not use it all. Ten stops means a
shadow at f/1.0 next to a bright spot at f/32. That's quite rare.
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