Digital BW, The Print

Indeed, the grain is more noticeable in a scanned image. I suspect it  
has something to do with the directional nature of a scanner's light  
source. If you're used to printing with a diffusion head, you'll have  
a difficult time reproducing the same effect from a scan. It's a  
little easier if you worked with a condenser head, and it's a walk in  
the park if your normal mode of printing was with a point light  
source...

  As Paul said, there are ways of minimizing grain, but there's no  
simple solution. It's going to take a lot of experimentation. I've  
spent a lot of time trying to get some negatives to scan with less  
grain, and in some cases I've not been able to pull it off. In large  
part, my success or failure has been dependent on the subject matter.


On Mar 16, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Lew wrote:

> Yes, but the grain and/or noise introduced by the scan seems to be  
> way more noticeable than in a wet print from the same negative.  
> Also, I'm not interested in re interpreting my negs. I want the  
> inkjet prints to look as much like the wet prints as possible.



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