Digital BW, The Print

At 08:03 AM 1/9/04 +0100, you wrote:
>Tri-X is one of my favorite films for grain, so I was surprised to read
>that it's no good for scanning. I guess everybody's tastes are
>different... I've tried numerous films, and I keep coming back to Tri-X.
>
>I usually rate it at 800 to get more speed and grain. We have about five
>hours of weak daylight here in Norway at the moment, so I need all the
>speed I can get...
>
>I scan on the Minolta 5400 and find that it can resolve the grain
>nicely.
>
>On the front page of my site images 2-4 and 8-9 are Tri-X rated at 800.
>Of course, it's kind of hard to tell what the grain is like because of
>the JPEG compression.
>
>--
>Daniel Staver
>http://daniel.staver.no

Daniel,

Part of the photographic art is exploiting the aesthetic nuances of the 
equipment and materials. It blows my mind to hear of workers trying to 
overcome TX grain, or now in the digital age, trying to create the "look" 
of TX grain with digital cams.

Your web page and photographs are wonderful.

AZ


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