Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like grain too - as an effect. As an unavoidable artefact it can become tedious. Frank On 14 Jul, 2004, at 14:34, David Mason wrote: > Yeah, I have to agree with that - except that sometimes I like grain > in a photo. To me the bug drawback with film scanning is the clean-up > work I have to do in photoshop - dust, color-cast, etc. Of course, I > don't have a very nice scanner either ;) > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:14:15 +0100, Frank Dernie > <frank.dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: >> Yea but look at the results - scanned film is nowhere near as good as >> you write. I use a Nikon 8000 scanner and scanned film 35 is very >> comparable to my 6mpxl EOS, better in some ways, worse in others. >> Scanned 6x7 negs have more resolution but are still inferior in some >> ways because of the grain. >> Frank >> >> On 14 Jul, 2004, at 02:12, Frank Filippone wrote: >> >>> It was measured as 10MP per square inch... and a Pixel defined as in >>> any >>> other graphics business. .... as a representation of RGB ( or other >>> color >>> coordinate) .... SO it is 10MP/sqIn * 1 1/2 sqIn/Neg * 3 >>> Colors/pixel >>> for a >>> total of 45MP ( as measured by the marketing companies trying to sell >>> pixels >>> rather than perfrormance) for a 35mm Neg... and that was a bunch of >>> years >>> ago with lower grade film than Velvia or Tmx100...... >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> red735i@earthlink.net >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >