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This is completely incorrect - the 810 is tested at somewhere shy of 15 stops DR. Portra 400 can squeak out 18. A slow B+W film can do 20-21. I spent years str

This is completely incorrect - the 810 is tested at somewhere shy of 15 stops DR. Portra 400 can squeak out 18. A slow B+W film can do 20-21. I spent years struggling with high dynamic range/contrast acutance with severe weather photography and digital cameras. Blown highlights, color noise in shadows, rough tonality through contrast transitions, etc. Specific films (not slide film like Ektachrome) were my salvation. Also, noise is not the same as grain. If the difference is unimportant, I'd think the other nuances relevant to this conversation may be as well.

mrob 10y ago
Example pics for extreme HDR 35mm film at similar resolution (pixels can be binned to reduce noise at cost of resolution)? I've never seen any better than what the 810 can do. And note that cooled sensor digital cameras exist, so even better digital dynamic range is possible. I consider grain to be noise, just like vinyl surface noise is noise. I don't consider any distinctive and "artistic" defect of a reproduction medium to be a good thing.
- lightedman 10y ago
  "I consider grain to be noise" Grain = resolution. Do you consider your 72DPI monitor to be noisy?
  - mrob 10y ago
    It's not the same thing. A 72DPI monitor has a regular grid structure. Film grain is random.