Digital BW, The Print

Any Idea why that is? I mean in conventional photography I don't notice
C-prints as being much more (any more?) grainy than R-prints or Cibas. Why
do PMT scanners record neg film as so much more grainy than chromes?

Todd

> Todd,
> 
> I don't shoot 35mm so I can not really opine on the grain of a 35mm scan. I so
> shoot 120 and 4x5 and scan T-Max 100 and Fuji Astia regularly. I have scanned
> Kodak Portra Neg film with good results, but obviously negative films is
> granier than transparency film.
> 
> Mike
 
> 
>> Harvey,
>> 
>> I really should have re-phrased that. Without going to the expense of buying
>> drum scanners, they have found that the the Polaroid is the next best scanner
>> on the market. They have tested them all.
>> 
>> Mike
> 
> Mike, as you have access to a high quality CCD scanner and a drum could you
> comment on which you prefer for color negative material, particularly 35mm
> and 120mm formats? I've only gotten a couple of drum scans of color neg but
> it did seem *considerably* more grainy than CCD scans of the same materials.