On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:51:55 -0500, Rich wrote:
: Robert Coe wrote in
: :
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: On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:10:14 -0700 (PDT), RichA
: wrote:
: : Rendering of dark areas. This is a shot from Dpreview's new gallery
: : of pre-production test images from the Canon 5DIII. 3200 ISO. I
: : raised the illumination level 25% beyond theirs. Look at the black
: : background. Film doesn't produce that ugly, mottled effect. It
: : simply goes black, which means all the silver/dye simply washed away
: : leaving the base of the film.
: : (Typo corrected at no additional charge)
:
: Your favorite photo editor will let you blacken the shadows of your
: digital images as much as your heart desires. And blow out the
: highlights too, if that's what you want (e.g., if that's what you were
: trying to achieve by jacking up the illumination level).
:
: Bob
:
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: The highlights held fine. I can pretty much guarantee the background
: wasn't pitch black to human eyes in that photo shoot.

Then how does that square with your assertion (see above) that film does a
better job of rendering dark areas?

Bob