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Subject: Re: [OM] High Speed Sync using Metz
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 12:24:55 -0500
At 00:48 12/5/02, Richard F. Man wrote:
Well, there is another variable. The Kodak 100 was "scanned" using the ASF destroy-your-negative-scanning-station. So possibly it's scanning and the exposure saving were not top notch. The print looks pretty much the same as the pics on the CD.

Negatives are inherently much more difficult to evaluate than transparencies. Not only the negative colors (CMY), but the orange mask require significant mental manipulation to translate what the eyes see and brain processes. In addition to this and significant differences in color, contrast and granularity, C.H. Ling makes a very valid point about the print versus the negative. A print is a photograph of the film, and just about everything that can be done to botch the image on film can be done to botch the print, although the specific method to carry it out might differ some.

Never underestimate the ability of a printer or scanner operator to uglify a print made from an outstanding negative. They can do similar mangling of prints from transparencies, but that's much, much easier to detect with print in hand while looking at the transparency on a light table.

-- John


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