Digital BW, The Print

High Their Austin!

> >From what I gather, I don't believe you understand what sharpness really is,
> but YOU like it in your images, and that's fine...but it's YOUR metric, and
> does NOT reflect an accurate representation of reality.

I live in North Dakota. (Somebody has to) My reality is not yours. 

  In REALITY,
> everything is NOT sharp, period.  

I certainly know that. Usually my #2 pencils.

There are tonal transitions between
> things, and they aren't necessarily going to be as steep as you may like
> them...and for you to change these gradations means you are changing the
> accuracy of your representation.  That's fine, but realize YOU are doing it
> to suit YOUR likes, and not everyone likes it that way.

I know! I'm only talking about what suits me. I know sharpness,
resolution and accutance are not the same thing.
 

> There is no possible way that you get better detail, period.  There aren't
> enough pixels in the sensor to do so.  I also know you don't get better latitude
> than I can on film.  

I sure as hell can get better shadow and highlight detail than you can
on film, if I process the image in photoshop.  Digital has a much
greater range of tones than film.

> > Once again, if you are talking about superexpensive scanners, you're
> > right. I'm just talking ordinary equipment your average photographer has
> > access to in his own digital darkroom.
> 
> Boy...if that isn't a caveat...  Yes, you get better pictures from your D60
> than someone with a $400 flat bed scanner...I have no doubt.

I can get better pictures with my D60 than you can get with provia and a
canon or nikon 4000 DPI scanner. 

But the minute you are talking about a really high end professional
superexpensive scanner, you're right.

:)

Jerry