Response to Is Pyro good for full tonal range negs? and for these films...?

I'm probably buying the PMK book Friday, and I have been studying the Adams trilogy like bible. I still stand on my lack of need for great low-Zone detail; I photograph people, usually for fibre 11x14 'semi'-fine-art prints for my portfolio, which I hope soon will get me a job. I've also switched to Delta 100 and TMY (still love TP and Delta 3200). As for detail, if I have detail from about Zone III 1/2, I'm happy. If I lose b/t Zones IX-X, but have incredible separation b/t these two extremes (i.e., in the IV-VIII realm), I consider myself as having a perfect negative...I think I get what you are saying about contrast and luminance, too. The luminance of a scene may be 5 Zones or 15, but the contrast of a scene can be high with 2 stops (a true black and white image) or any other 'scene luminance' number. Thanks for the info.

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