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From: rafe b
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:50

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On 25 Feb 2006 08:43:12 -0800, "Djon" <jtk@channelsynergy.com> wrote:

>Grain is not universally considered a bad thing..DSLR users spend money
>and labor to create it.

They do?  That's news to me.

Once or twice I considered adding noise to 
digital captures to "simulate" grain... and 
then I thought, who am I kidding?  What am 
I trying to hide?

I still shoot and scan lots of film, and am 
no stranger to film grain, having shot many 
hundreds of rolls of Tri-X in my day.

Back when I was doing optical enlargements, 
I remember grain was my friend in at least 
this regard:  it was the surest way to check 
the focus my enlarger.

Even now, when I see grain in my film scans, 
I know I'm getting proper focus in my scanner.

I accept grain as an inherent quality of 
film, but not necessarily a desirable one.
It doesn't upset me terribly, but on the 
other hand I'd always rather have less, 
not more of it.

Nowadays, the idea of adding "fake" grain 
to digital capture strikes me as bogus and 
dishonest.

rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com

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