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From: "John Prosper" <japrosper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> There is a fourth reason why transparencies are preferred to color
> negatives: contrast. In a properly executed print, the contrast ratio
> between the brightest and darkest areas of the image are supposedly at
most
> 100:1. With transparencies, this contrast ratio soars to 400:1! I have
> long heard transparency enthusiasts brag about the "bottomless" blacks
> achievable with their medium of choice but virtually impossible with
prints.
> The latitude with transparencies is much tighter, but the derived
contrast
> is supposedly what makes it all worthwhile.
>
> John
>
Are you talking about transparency itself? I think the contrast ratio is
4000:1 not 400:1.
C.H.Ling
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