Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 14, 2005, at 4:45 AM, Ric Carter wrote: > Okay, feli, I'll call you crazy. Well, you're not the first to do so. ;-) > Grain is a physical object -- a little tiny rock of metallic silver. > It's shape and size are determined by the size of the rocks pasted on > the film, the amount of light that hits the rock, and the way it is > developed. > How on earth could the lens that only dumps light on the rock possibly > affect that? > Large, low contrast areas do make grain easier to see and more > apparent. Lots of image detail makes it less so. So in theory, I guess > a soft, low contrast lens may make you notice grain more, and a > contrasty lens may make you notice it less, but that's simply your > reaction to the picture. The actual grain of the film is the same, a > characteristic of the film and developer only. > I'm really not sure what the answer is. There shouldn't be a difference, since like you said, grain really is a crystal of a fixed size etc. I really don't have an answer, but believe I am seeing a pattern in my negatives. I'll try to do a test some time, by exposing several lenses on the same strip of film. feli > Ric Carter > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com no archive