Anthony MD Posted October 12, 2023 Share #1 Posted October 12, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is the dynamic range of the Leica M-D 262 as good as film…? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adan Posted October 13, 2023 Share #2 Posted October 13, 2023 I guess the first question is - which film? Color slides? Kodachrome? Ektachrome? Color negatives? Ultra-fine-grain B&W microfilm "pulled" in special developers? Tri-X? FP4? TMax 100? Scanned film, or traditional darkroom-print reproduction? And if the latter, on which paper grade? The second question is - just how knowledgeable and skillful is one, regarding pulling the most out of either film or (raw) digital originals? In both exposure, and post-processing? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted October 13, 2023 Share #3 Posted October 13, 2023 You could look at this: https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted October 14, 2023 Share #4 Posted October 14, 2023 Somewhat older article. Modern sensors are appreciably better. So yes, in general a digital camera will have a higher DR than film. But note that a digital camera has a cutoff in the highlights whereas negative film will have so in the shadows. https://clarkvision.com/imagedetail/dynamicrange2/ present-day noise reduction techniques will extend the digital range in the shadows even more. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 20, 2023 Share #5 Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 10:20 PM, Anthony MD said: Is the dynamic range of the Leica M-D 262 as good as film…? In broad terms? Yes and expose to contain highlights. P. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted October 23, 2023 Share #6 Posted October 23, 2023 A nice read which film has "toe and shoulder" which sensors lack. this link ... Sensor light response is straight line ( = expose correctly is a must ). Film can be more tolerant in exposure ( less so slides). With M-D (type 262), in difficult lighting, I use manual setting AND vary exposures when I can. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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