Digital BW, The Print

Charles writes:

> I have never been so happy with their results,
> the grain issue is hideous at 4000dpi.

I can barely see grain at all in the 4000 dpi scan of Portra 160 that I have
in front of me right now.

> Mind you, that's at 100 percent magnification,
> which means I am seeing things that wouldn't
> have even been resolved at all if scanned at 2700dpi

Try downsampling the scan so that it has the same resolution as a digital
photo, and see how much grain you notice then.