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 couldn't contribute to this level of tech talk. The image that I posted, that started the discussion, was most likely the old Kodak Plus-X, ASA 50. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Small Town Main Street 1952 >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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >