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[Digital BW] Re: Black only printing. -> digital capture vs film

2003-11-27 by Mark Hahn

Ummm, aren't you saying that you already have the solution using BO 
printing?

...when I first started with digital I gave this some thought and did 
a few tests... the size of the visible grain clumps in *my* Tri-X D76 
negatives is smaller than a single pixel in your 10d... as a first 
step you will probably have to interpolate you image up so your pixel 
size is at bare minimum 1/3 the size of your simulated grain clump.  
The answer is probably in Fourier analysis and filtering... but then 
you have to deal with your dithering... don't think you can "really" 
get there...

...I decided that mimicing another medium wasn't my aim and forgot 
about it.

mark

...
> I would rather have the look of my grainy negatives
> via 10d - but have not found a solution that does not
> look photoshopped.  After scanning and spending hours
> repairing the image with clone stamp and fixing a
> scratch - I'll gladly give that up for a total digital
> workflow.  Besides, printing via BO gives a similar
> texture, and it is quick and easy.
...

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