Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard 
Smallfield <r.smallfield@p...> wrote:
> Hello,
> since I got my *wonderful* Minolta SE5400, I find that every bit of 
grain is visible. That's good, but in the shadows, it makes it hard 
to get solid blacks, as there are white specks of grain in there.
> 
> I've tried burning in the shadows, but sometimes this isn't 
practical.
> 
> I've been given a Canon G5 and it's great the way the shadows merge 
into total black. I wish I could do that with film.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Richard

Richard,

There's a program called Neat Image that does a pretty good job of 
removing noise.  The Pro version is stand alone and the Pro+ version 
is a Photoshop plug in which can be used on a layer. 
http://www.neatimage.com/

There's also something called Noise Ninja that does the same thing 
but I haven't used it.  http://www.picturecode.com/

Fred Miranda has some Photoshop Actions too I think.

Tom