Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 09:12 AM 8/31/1999 -0700, Roger Beamon, noted optical authority, wrote: > >Ok, but remember that grain is not a function of the optics. > > Roger, I THINK I know what you're attempting to say, but, mayhaps, you are > being far too cryptic for me. > > Could you expand a bit on this interesting observation? > > Marc > IMHO. it's not even completely true because a lens with less contrast forces you to use a higher contrast paper or develop for higher contrast both of which contributes to more grain. So you could say a lower contrast lens is a grainier lens. But in general when one discusses lense grain is not part of the discussion. But I'm only saying this for the general benefit of the uniformed or unformed masses. Mark Rabiner