Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Conrad Weiser
<radimus@p...> wrote:

Rad

I think this not what I am after. At least I feel that noise and grain
are (visually) not the same. But then I am not an expert. Thanks
anyway for the hint.

Chatzebussi 

> 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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