Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Does linear mean "limited"? And the opposite of non-linear would be
> "unlimited"?
>
> I ask because I seem to recall several limitations to film. ;*)
>
> I do take your point about the DR in the E-thingies, though. I was trying to
> shoot the sunset recently as we have been having wonderful late summer
> sunsets with a big red ball at the end. Unfortunately, for the purpose at
> least, there hasn't been enough humidity to allow the sun to go red and the
> foreground values to come up in relation to
> it.
>
> If you expose for the sun correctly, those dark foreground areas are, errh,
> quite ugly. At least with film those areas go to a smooth black (until you
> try to scan it anyway ...)
>
I use a separate layer masked for only the really low tones with fairly
heavy NR to get that smooth look in the dark areas.
Moose
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