Originally Posted by
Scott Rosenberg
here's an extreme example... if i want to determine which scanner can resolve more levels of grey, would not the most appropriate test target be the one with the most levels available? a target with two values, absolute black and absolute white, would not yield a lot of granularity in the results. however, a target with 256 levels of grey would bring into sharp relief the differences, even fine differences, between the scanners. more to the case in question, if the test shot is set up with a full range of values, from absolute white to absolute black, would Asita, which presumably will have a more subtle transition to total black, not make for a better test vehicle than Velvia, which will goto to detail-less black much more abruptly? if I’m hearing you guys right, this is faulty logic.
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