Rich writes: : What's more, you're constrained by what the final output will : handle. It doesn't really matter how much dynamic range is available : in the capture if the paper and ink, or photographic print, won't : handle it. film can though ;) ..for those who burn back to film of course.. but again changing the curve to crunch those values in can get the tones onto appropriate media, much as using a low contrast b&w paper can get a lot more tones rendered than a high contrast paper. whether it looks any good laying them all down is another story still, aside from film burners which can output 'true colour', printers still like the circle completed with an 8 bit image ;) k
