on 12/10/2002 4:00 PM, filmscanners_Digest_owner@halftone.co.uk at
filmscanners_Digest_owner@halftone.co.uk wrote:
>> ...why? The tonality of color negative film is better than slide film,
>
> I don't know what "tonality" means here, but I disagree with the statement
> for any interpretation I can make. Slides scan to have more tonal
> smoothness and better tonal graduation than negs.
>
>> the
>> resolution of both, for today's films, is nearly identical
>
> Yes, the actual measured resolution, although apparent resolution on negs
> is not quite as subjectively good to me, because of the noise.
>
>> , with negative
>> film having a slight edge, you have better exposure latitude with negative
>> film...
>
> agreed
>
>> and negative film scans better.
>
> Only from the point of view of brightness range. Scans worse from the
> point of view of noise/grain/whatever.
>
> Just the same I use negs most of the time, but a lot of this is bec my
> subjects and my skill combine to mean that I rarely have the lighting flat
> enough for a slide that I can scan without loss.
>
> Julian
>
> ...and I didn't venture into the Tomb of the Forbidden Topic even once!
Well put Julian!
-Bruce
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