Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "culturalvisions" <frank@...>

> I have two major complaints about scans of my b&w and color
> negs.
>
> 1.  They look grainier than silver or color chemical prints of the
> same.  GEM helps improve this at the cost of very long scan
> times.  I've read that this grainy appearance is called "grain
> aliasing" and is aparent in most prosumer scanners.

Frank,
there has been a complaint about the grain problem - think it was on the
film scanners list - from a guy who is using the Polaroid 120 - same problem
apparently. I see 2 ways to get around this:
- buy a more expensive scanner, maybe the Imacon photo (too much for me)
- take care to shoot only very fine grain film (slower than 100) and be
careful to use chemicals that don\ufffdt emphathize the grain.

I had made a scan of a photo I   thought was good by a service, but was
dissappointed by the amount of very visible grain in the scan. Don\ufffdt know
what scanner they use, but the problem seems to be there.

But as I shoot mainly b&w, this problem leaves me worried, although others
don\ufffdt consider it as bad.

Greetings Bernhard