I'm afraid I don't understand. The dynamic range of any print is about
2 or 3 at best. That should be within the dynamic range of any modest
scanner.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/6/2012 12:42 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Chuck, scanning the neg would have probably helped in several regards, but
> generally speaking, we can get a better digitization with flatbed scanning
> a work print from the darkroom. The key is to restrict the dynamic range
> (contrast) of the work print to 90% of the final contrast. Scanning
> increases contrast and you need a touch of breathing room on both extremes
> to keep it within the usable dynamic range of the scanner.
>
> These photographs have the gamma a bit off which messed things up a bit and
> made for grubby shadows. A split-grade printing would have addressed that.
>
> B&W printing is as much art as it is science.
>
> AG
>
>
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