Digital BW, The Print

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernst Dinkla [mailto:E.Dinkla@...] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:58 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] RE: Is this noise or what? (was: 
> Epson3200 - Test results)
> 
> But also less grainy than a 160 ASA colour neg ? I'm not 
> familiar with the 400 ASA chromogenic B&W films. It is either 

Never compared to a 160 color neg... But probably their grainess are
close (likely in favour of the chromogenic); color negative films have
3-4 emulsion layers but chromogenics have only 1(?). Color negs are
denser than chromogenic films too.

> 160 ASA colour neg film or Polaroid 665 B&W that I use. The 
> last is another category. You could be right as I'm too often 
> thinking of the Nikon 8000's results that I have of those 
> films. Still I can't put the term "noise" on it. This is from 
> the light parts of the film. What are the results in the 
> shadows when scanning a slide ? If it is a noisy scanner then 

Noisy... and then fuzzy - due to multipass scanning in order to suppress
noise ;)

But I like my scanner anyway; it does more than well considering its
modest price.

Regards,
Loris.