Talk:Film grain

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Sorry to say that except for the standard table there is not much more to add to the theme. It should be merged with other photographic film quality definitions.

Alf photoman 00:10, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This article needs help.

This is, quite possibly, the most incomprehensible Wikipedia article I've ever read. The language and scope is so technical as to render it basically useless to the layperson, who should be its target. The only people who can understand it are the same people who don't even need to read it in the first place. The Film Grain section of the Film Speed article is much clearer and about the same length. This article needs to be deleted or to be overhauled. ExpulsionPapers 02:30, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I didn't contribute any bit to this article, but I think this article doesn't have much problem in what's already written. The reference in Film Speed is written from a very different perspective and it's not fair to compare them. I see no need to delete this article. It can use some expansion, though. Phototech21 10:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Examples?

In addition to the "elements that make up film are called grains", shouldn't there be the "little spots on the movie screen" sense of film grain in this article? Perhaps some images from various films that have used the quality and aspects of a certain filmstock and corresponding grain? Say a frame from π (film) or something similar, perhaps contrasted with a digital or clean image? Gront (talk) 08:59, 6 January 2008 (UTC)