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You'd be wrong, of course. The dynamic range of the film was out of their control. And, not shockingly, a lot of lessons film companies learned were lost in the transition to digital. Or rather, they are taking time to spread there.

Is annoying, as it is not a conspiracy. It is hard, though, and we see the speed of knowledge spread more now. Or, rather, the relative lack of speed.

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What a red herring. Whether or not the photographer controls the dynamic range of the film has nothing to do with whether the range is wide enough or whether the film has a density curve suitable for photographing a black person.

But it has a very real impact on the settings you have to use otherwise to get a good shot?

That is, I'm mostly inclined to agree with you. But I also trusted a ton of the other discussion I've seen on this. Which seems to be largely in agreement that film itself had to change to get good pictures of darker skinned people.

I got the impression that if you go with black and white, you dodge many of these problems, amusingly. But adding color to the mix makes things very difficult.

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