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Subject: Re: [OM] Digital vs. Film, Round 10203030330...
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:44:18 +1100
> By the time you get to the darkest zones, you literally have three
> zones
> represented by seven steps. This is the "solarization" of which I
> speak.
> 


Ahhh, now I know what you're talking about, I think the term is
"posterization" rather than "solarisation".  Posterization is a gross
reduction in the number of tonal values, solarisation is a reversal of some
of the tonal values.

...Wayne



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