Digital BW, The Print

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> Er, who are you talking to? 
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ummm, I don't know who is who at this point:)

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> > and I measured the grain
> > in a Tri-X photo and back calculated the resolution needed to do
> > resonable job capturing it...
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> Why do you need to resolve to grain?  For what purpose?
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because in my mind you aren't matching a film's character unless you 
capture the grain... and that is once thing that I actually miss.

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> > You look at the image and either like it or not.  Edward
> > Weston shot many of his photos with a crappy meniscus lens, not 
top
> > name German glass... and 8x10" will always beat 35mm... where do 
you
> > draw the line?  When an image is "good," not based on the 
equipment.
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> No one was talking about "good" or "bad" images.  The discussion 
was a
> comparison of converting RGB capture to grayscale or simply 
capturing using
> grayscale in the first place.  That has not a thing to do with the 
artistic
> content of the image.
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Maybe you are, but I'm concerned with the final image, everything 
else is almost meaningless once you hang your print.

mark

ps  I guess I only got involved in this long-winded arguement because 
I am home sick with the flu and not out shooting photos... pity.