Digital BW, The Print

Maybe raise the digicam's ISO so you increase the noise level in the 
picture?

Rad

chatzebussi wrote:
> 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.
> 
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