Digital BW, The Print

Digital Vs Film.

I've just enjoyed David Sinai's Black Only print exchange...about half
of the images originated in film. 

For various reasons, and but for one film image (mine..cropped from
800 color neg and desaturated) and one digital image (Steve K's), film
seemed significantly sharper, having more tonal excitement, even in
tiny 6X9 prints. 

PLEASE comment with different impressions!

BO "grain", unlike film grain, remains fixed-size as the print size
varies and in this case worked to the disadvantage of the exchange's
little prints (8.5X11 paper, most prints under 6X9). 

The images would inescapably appear more "dotty" if they were smaller,
and literally seem half as dotty at twice the size...unlike real grain
on silver paper.

I think this particular forum is already far too inkjet-technical to
benefit by yet-further rambles into arcane and inevitably intensely
consumerist digital camera discussions. So perhaps a parallel Yahoo
forum would be good. The new Sony seems tempting...but will it tether
to a laptop? 

John Kelly



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Do we need a new forum for discussions of digital capture as it
relates to
> B&W?  Perhaps all image capture issues -- scanning, film, etc. --
should be
> on a new forum?  Is there a way to link thread to this one so that
we don't
> all have to monitor another forum to be alerted to a thread of interest?