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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Minolta Pro Vs Nikon 8000: Grain vs Softness

2002-01-27 by Todd Flashner

> I think it is an important point that the problem is "grain aliasing"
> and not grain itself.  The grain on a silver print is much less than
> the grain on a scanned print of the same negative.

Keep in mind grain aliasing can also occur between the film grain pattern
and the printer dither/resolution/droplet size. Expect a finer film grain
representation from a 1280 than a 3000. I don't know how the Piezo driver
may enter the mix, but it's there too.

Todd

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