Slide film like Kodakchrome actually captured a pretty narrow dynamic range. It was harder to get right, but it rewarded you with more "bits" in the colors. F

Slide film like Kodakchrome actually captured a pretty narrow dynamic range. It was harder to get right, but it rewarded you with more "bits" in the colors. For example, I did a test with print film and systematically tried different exposures. The whole roll looked the same. With slides, just being off a few stops would blow the shot. Also, printing on paper would lose half of the range so shooting slide and scanning would have much better digital images. Ironically, the Canon G1 behaved a lot like slide film. The G2 was much more forgiving like print film. These days I find digital to be very forgiving and easy when I might have had trouble with film. (ex: shooting a wedding, it's easy to properly expose a dark suit next to a white dress.) Speaking of BW print film, what are you shooting these days? I used to like Plus-x 125 for the silky tones and Tri-x 400 for the grainier contrast.