Digital BW, The Print

Don't think so.

1) PortraBW is not a true B&W emulsion, it is a chromogenic (dye cloud)
film - hence much less grain compared to same speed B&W emulsions.

2) The scanner is extremely soft - see the edges on the man's head.  How
a scanner may resolve grain while being that soft in such high acutance
edges?

To me, claiming that such a soft scanner is able to resolve grain is
completely wrong.

Regards,
Loris.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernst Dinkla [mailto:E.Dinkla@...] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 4:44 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] RE: Is this noise or what? (was: 
> Epson3200 - Test results)
> 
> 
> Alessandro,
> 
> >If it's not noise, then, I guess that what I see in the image
> below is
> simply grain, possibly grain aliasing. What is your opinion?
> ...< 
> 
> Grain, possibly enhanced by antialiasing. Instead of 
> ...