Digital Back DR example

[gsking]

nothing so new here, negative B/W always had about 3-4 stops more range than the print

So, this begets the academic question. When scanning said B/W...or using a MFDB, for that matter...what's the best way to capture all that detail?

I've done two "pulls" from my MFDB to get two exposures to blend, and I may have done the same thing with my scanner. But that's a lot of seemingly extra effort. Is there a C1 feature I'm missing?

As an aside, I find Photomatix does great tone mapping, and makes this sort of HDR much more appealing. You can go realistic or painterly, just as in the above examples. Or worse, if the spirit moves you.

 

[SCHWARZZEIT]

Kevin, can you show some 100% crops to see how the files take this amount of processing?

-Dominique

 

[Geoff]

Dynamic range from an interior shot - the stiff contrast of diffuse light and direct. Issue was how would it hold the shadow detail?

Very little PP - a bit of highlight recovery in C1.

shot with Schneider 60 mm and Leaf 7 back. Seems sharp enough. (hope the post is correctly done).