Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Grey Zone
From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 02:59:21 +0200

From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 02:21
Subject: Re: [Leica] Grey Zone


> ... It's nice to know where they have fallen to and
> how much that might effect your image. In other words
> just know where your thresholds are.

It surprises me that film has such poor latitude.  Five stops is only a 32-to-1
difference in illumination.  The JPEG files on my PC can hold eight stops, as
can my digital camera.  It's depressing.

  -- Anthony