Originally posted by tuco Everything is a gray scale except the sky. It is purple in that first one. It's kind of strange. Is that intentional?
I expect similar results would be obtained with something like Fujicolor or Kodak Gold. C41 process film has had very wide exposure latitude for many years. The point is not which medium, film or digital has the widest dynamic range, but how much DR do you really need? These shots are in very high contrast light yet display adequate details in both shadows and highlights.
In full sun on a sunny day the difference in the light between that of full shade is around five stops, you can measure it yourself with a meter. Even if we assume that the difference is higher by double during sunrise/sunset, why are companies so proud of boasting about 14 stops of DR?
More pertinently, too much detail in shadows and highlights, make things look pretty sickly and unnatural, to my taste at least. In addition two more points - Why is it that many Canon users love their cameras output - despite them being known for not having "great" DR and why do many people love the pictures of Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Vermeer and many others?
Like many things, DR has become a marketing tool of the camera manufacturers, exaggerated compared to its real function in taking pictures.