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title: "What is the dynamic range?"  
description: "What is the dynamic range?"  
author: "Mukul Goenka"  
published: 2022-05-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97304/what-is-the-dynamic-range  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "cameras"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the dynamic range?

What is the [dynamic](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/146/dynamic-binding-in-c-sharp) [range](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23243/complete-troubleshooting-tips-for-belkin-n300-range-extender-setup)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- The range of tones in a scene, from the darkest, blackest shadows to the brightest, most brilliant highlights, is referred to as **dynamic range.** The higher the dynamic range in a situation, the more tonal range is present.
- A scene with boring, grey midtones, like an elephant against a tan wall, has a low dynamic range, but a scene with vivid highlights and shadows, like a sunset over a gloomy woodland, has a high dynamic range.
- Dynamic range is measured in stops in photography, with each stop corresponding to a doubling of light levels. The technicalities don't matter; what matters is that a scene with 10 stops of dynamic range has more tonal diversity than a scene with 5 stops, and so on.

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