Digital BW, The Print

Adam,
its good to hear other voices too, if you wonder whether there is grain,
there is probably none, because it is easy to see. The person I have
mentioned has posted a fraction of a photo to show what he means:
http://www.spirer.com/images/grain.jpg.

My own experiences with 35mm at 2900dpi vary from "salt and pepper look"
(Delta 100 in Rodinal) to virtually no grain, even at 11x14 not visible
(efke 25 film in A149 processor).

However I can affirm the tendency that the photos that show grain are
exclusively negatives  (monochromes and color) - the slides are perfect!

Bernhard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mahesi Caplan-Faust" <caplan@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: review of the Minolti multi pro


I really don't get it. I am looking at my results from the Minolta scanner
in B&W from agfa 100  fb4 hp5. There is no discernable grain on my 10x8's.
Maybe it is that most are off 6x7 negs but even my 35mm's look good. I
should add I use the Piezo inkset and the Cone driver overrides the Epson
giving me beautiful continuous tones. How to distinguish grain from the the
dot pattern the printer lays down. Excuse me if it is a stupid question. I
am looking at a 35mm print under a loupe and really there is almost a
complete absence of grain!

Adam