I've got a question regarding the post title. I made a scan (with an Epson V700) of a negative recently and found that the highlights were close to being blown out. I managed to pull them back a bit with some tinkering in Lightroom. Managed to make a reasonable image out of them. Shortly after, I made a contact print and found the sky was perfectly exposed and there was plenty of detail in the sky.
So, either a. I'm not very good at scanning or b. photographic paper has a much wider dynamic range than my scanner or c. a bit of both. I'm sure there's more to this question but just wanted to get your thoughts.
Cheers
welly
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