Digital BW, The Print

Steve

I couldn't agree more! 

Any suggestions on how to bring back real, good looking
(old-fashioned) "grain" in(to) the world of digital B&W capture? So
far I haven't come across a software solution that can emulate the
special aesthetical quality of high-speed-film grain. 

Regards

Chatzebussi 

> A few months ago I narrowed down what seems to be a glaringly
obvious 
> point.  My scanned film has grain.  My Scala work and Neopan work
has 
> grain.  Film highlights have dots - its grain. Grain works well
with 
> BO printing - Eureka.  I have several prints from Neo400 / 1600
that 
> look significantly better with BO than with hex.
> 
> Now on the digital side, I have used a Fuji S2 for about a year and 
> the pretty much noisless/grainless output compared to my 35mm film 
> work means that the BO dots are much more visible as the black
tries 
> to make up the clear highlight end of the spectrum.