Digital BW, The Print

The folks that make these view screens may be able to custom make  
something that will meet your needs:
http://www.satinsnowglass.com/index.html

On Dec 22, 2005, at 8:56 PM, Paul Roark wrote:

>
>
>
>
>> ... it will be  difficult and
>> expensive to beat Tech Pan if that is your standard.
>
> Yes.
>
> Along those lines, I'm trying to maximize the scanned quality of  
> the closest
> alternative films to Tech Pan.  Grain seems to be the hardest TP  
> quality to
> match.
>
> In enlarging, a diffusion enlarger was generally felt to hide the  
> grain
> better than a condenser (or worse, point source) enlarger.  Some have
> claimed there is a similar effect in scanning.
>
> So, the question is, will a diffusion screen in the light path of a  
> Nikon
> 8000 tend to hike film grain.
>
> I tried a standard Kodak diffusion sheet, but it may have been too  
> course.
> It at best did nothing.
>
> In that past, when I've needed a high resolution substitute view  
> screen for
> a camera I've found frosted adhesive tape on glass makes an  
> excellent view
> screen.  It has a very fine frosting on it.
>
> With a piece of tape over the glass carrier, I may be seeing the  
> effect of
> reducing the grain.  However, the tape itself and how it adheres to a
> surface is too uneven to be sure.  Further experiments along these  
> lines is
> definitely warranted.  So ...
>
> Question:  is there a source of super-fine-grained diffusion sheets  
> that
> might be tested for this application?
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
>
>
>
>