Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wonder if it is grain aliasing? The most grainy looking scans I get from my Rolleiflex negs are from 200asa film. Far more than the original, I have been told it is because there is a digital aliasing effect due to the size of the grain and the sampling frequency. 100asa and 400asa films do not have this problem, and scans from both look less grainy. On 4 Dec, 2009, at 19:28, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Jim, I too have noticed how old negatives (I have a lot from 35-40 > years ago) really turn out grainy. There's probably a reason, but > since there's not much we can do about it, I've never done anything > about it. That's just the way it is. > > They usually turn out just fine in prints. > > Daniel > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:01 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: >> Daniel, >> >> That was my first year with the Leica, while I was still in the USAF, and >> I >> had no darkroom. I suspect it was done by Salem Camera Shop in Dayton, >> OH, >> where I was stationed. It does look kind of grainy, but it was also an >> early scan of a negative that had been in a cigar box for over 50 years. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings at >> gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 2:11 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Small Town Main Street 1952 >> >> >>> Man, that looks exactly like one side of the square in Greenville, >>> Illinois. I almost had to read the names of the stores to make sure it >>> wasn't. Nice. >>> >>> What'd you develop your Plus-X in? Undiluted Dektol? >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> One more from the past. Typical small town main street during the 1950s. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Commerce+Street+Aberdeen+MS+52.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Leica IIIa, Coated Elmar 50/3.5, Plus-X >>>> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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