Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a interesting and serious point, Mark. I had not seen it before. How do you measure it -- are there any empirical studies that speak to this issue? If so, I would like to know as I am considering going to this type of film as my main film. Thank you, Mark. Ted in Olalla - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@markrabiner.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] 400 B&W > ><Snip> > > Grain aliasing is also an issue; Certain films will appear to have > > significantly larger grain when scanned due to interference between > > the discreet nature of the silver grains and the scanner sensor. > > Chromogenic film doesn't have sharp edged film grains to cause this > > problem. For scanning, the lack of acutance of the chromogenic films > > is an asset. > > > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > > > Henning I think what we could be talking about here is we can unsharp > mask the hell out of chromegic films like color neg and we don't get > that heartbreaking crusty look. > For the purposes of scanning for Inkjetting of A3's or bigger this > could be a great thing. > And I can see how it with the ICE might be darn convenient saving hours > of cloning. > > But for the purposes of website making and emailing the benefits might > be minimal. > Or letter sized Inkjetting even. > > For me scanning from a just developed and dried (therefore clean) neg i > like the looks of real film. > I like the control i have over real film (not chromegic) > and i like that fact that my negs from 1965 look good as new. > Chromegic film fades while you look at it. > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html