> But there is no grain in reality, so it does the opposite The author did not do a particularly good job of selling the merits of film grain. I am not sure wh

> But there is no grain in reality, so it does the opposite The author did not do a particularly good job of selling the merits of film grain. I am not sure what he meant by that but I will say that it does increase the perceived sharpness of the image as well as perceived detail, even if it is just an illusion. The cinematographer Steve Yedlin describes it as giving the viewer’s eyes something to “latch” onto.