Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner 
<tflash@e...> wrote:
> What you say can be true and wrong at the same time.

Obviously, you can manipulate the grain for some crazy effect -- I 
remember in college, shooting Tri-X 35 at about 12000ASA and 
running it in 95 degree straight Dektol (not D76) for about ten 
minutes. Then, chasing it with stop bath that was at about 60 
degrees, then chasing that with fixer that was at 95 degrees.

We did another bong hit, then we washed the film to see what 
we'd gotten. The grain looked like a snowstorm, but from 
reticulation. So that proves that it's doable, and doable to a large 
degree. (But why -- that's another matter).

I agree with you -- for most images, only the photographer would 
obsess enough to know the difference in the two grain styles. 
And if it's that subtle, who really cares?

To go back to that guy's post, I still think it's the scanner that's 
messing with his grain, moreso than the film developer. I'm the 
king of badly-scanned film grain.

MTucker