Digital BW, The Print

Austin writes:

> ...I don't know that you actually get more data.

The only time I've actually played with the so-called "analog gain" has been
when the data was banging against the bottom or top of the histogram.  The
NikonScan software seems to be pretty good at autoexposure, though, and most
of the time the data fits neatly inside; the curves of the histogram imply
that all of it is being recovered, although one can't ever be entirely
certain without "bracketing" the scans, I suppose (and I don't have the
patience for that).