Digital BW, The Print

Djon wrote:
> This is my main point:
> 
> 
>>SOMETHING, perhaps Fuji technology, will soon make low noise at 800 or
>>1600 manditory, terminating today's 8mp digicams.  
>>
>>When 35 was king, no serious amateur would have felt limited in low
>>light situations...he'd just use Tri X, perhaps pushing it gently to
>>1200. At 1200 he wouldn't have produced significant "noise" (grain) if
>>he used conventionally accepted chems, such as Accufine. 
>> 

But the link you give leads to a very noisy EI 1600 image, far noisier 
than I get with a Nikon dSLR. Not just that, but it's taken by a camera 
that lacks the most basic facility for photography, a viewfinder.

Which makes your point seriously blunt.

The Canon 350D looks like being a serious 8Mp camera though. And Acufine 
made some fantastic grainy Tri-X images. I can't believe you ever worked 
with either Tri-X or Acufine if you think the grain wasn't significant, 
it was beautifully sharp grain that made those pictures.

Regards,

Peter Marshall
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