Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the old days we called that grain clumping. It was something which happened to photo students, dilettantes, hacks, and the photographically unworthy. With such an odious history, it's no wonder that any reminders of its vestigial remnants, as found in contemporary technology, are still a cause of irritation for the aesthete. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Feb 8, 2006, at 2:27 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > The real noise issue, I suspect, is not noise itself - we all lived > with > grain, after all. Instead, it is the distribution of noise. That > is, where > grain was evenly distributed across an image, because, of course, > it made up > the image, noise is not evenly distributed, and therefore becomes > much more > apparent than it might otherwise be - and more objectionable. I > suspect that > as time passes and we become used to the idiosyncrasies of digital, > we will > be less and less aware of, and bothered by noise and other digital > artifacts. Of course I also suspect that with each passing year, if > not > month, there will be less and less noise and artifacts to see. ;-) > > B. D. > > > On 2/8/06 5:11 PM, "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote: > >> Ted >> >> Just imagine it the other way, in the good ol' times of film: if >> there would >> have been a efficient wetlab trick to get the grain completely out >> of your >> available light or whatever grainy shots - would you have used it >> at least >> from time to time? I guess yes. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/ac0e >> Scroll down to the bottom and you see two pictures. Left: >> unfiltered, right: >> filtered. >> >> cheers >> Didier >> >> >> >> >>> It would be great if in simple language some one will explain >>> this question. >>> Considering this is a question from the dimwit level. Please >>> explain how some >>> of you people have a noise problem and I've only seen it in a few >>> picture >>> situations where I suppose I pushed my luck in almost available >>> darkness >>> situations and near blew the shot? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information