[filmscanners] RE: My best scanner/film combinations

["Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>]

> Austin,
>
> >Have you actually shot a scene with both films and seen the
> >difference?  I personally have not.
>
> No not me either, it is something I have been meaning to do for a long
> time, but ... not yet.

It would be interesting to do...and see what the actual cause is.  As I'm
sure you well know, you can't simply conclude it's slide vs negative film
without eliminating some of the other variables...like light source
particularly, and development/exposure issues (to some degree)...

> But skies give me a good clue, I can
> definitely say
> that skies printed from negs are (for me) grainier than skies printed from
> slides.

What scanner are you using?

> Don't forget there is a brightness variation associated
> with grain
> as well as a spatial variation.  It is this brightness variation that is
> 'enhanced' when you increase the contrast of your neg scan and so
> makes the
> grain more visible.  (In saying this I am repeating Michael's mind-game
> explanation).

Yeah, but I think it's all relative, and doesn't necessarily get "enhanced"
as that explanation might make you believe...

Austin

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