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Re: What if grain is "necessary"

2002-05-10 by mkravit

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "marktuckerdotcom" 
<mtucker508@y...> wrote:

I propose that future Canon's and Nikon's have a small button 
labelled "Tri-X Mode"

Mike

 
> It is weird that you'd write this. Just yesterday, as I was 
> obsessing over this Canon D60 b/w file, thinking it looked too 
> clean and clinical and something else I couldn't quite put my 
> finger on, I added Noise (Monochromatic) to the image, and, 
> WALLAH!, it immediately turned into an romantic image that had 
> been shot with a 1955 Leica! 
> 
> So easily am I fooled. If it was only this easy to make me happy 
> in other areas of my life.
> 
> So, play around with Noise, and compare it to Grain, and then 
> compare it to Film Grain. Each approach gives a slightly different 
> look.
> 
> Back to the Future....
> 
> MT

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