[filmscanners] Re: dynamic range discussion

["Julian Robinson" <jrobinso@pcug.org.au>]

You are right it is not hard to delete or skip. I skip most messages on
lists, and only choose to read the ones with subjects that interest me.
There is very little overhead in doing this and I don't really understand
why people get so upset about it.  The funny thing is that the people who
do object seem to have read all the posts!  The other surprising thing is
that there is an enormous amount of back-channel chat going on about this
dynamic range issue, much of it by people who choose not to participate on
the list. It does seem that there is a level of interest which is not
reflected in the number of participants.

But I too am heartily sick of this particular discussion and it is obvious
that the protagonists are never going to get anywhere.  You'll be relieved
to hear that I'll be leaving the discussion soon anyway.  Not because I
don't still believe in the practical importance of the issue in scanners
(and more to the point  the practical importance of what I see as grossly
misleading information), but because I don't believe we will ever resolve
it given the personalities involved.  Also I don't think the growing amount
of personal abuse is good for the group or the participants

Julian

At 12:39 03/09/02, Paul wrote:
>I agree. This _is_ the place to discuss dynamic range with respect to film
>scanners. I don't think anyone can reasonably complain about it, as long as
>it's labeled as such in the subject line. It's no harder to hit Delete on
>something that says Dynamic Range in the subject than it is to hit Delete on
>something that says Get Your Viagra Now.
>
>--
>
>Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
>Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com

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