_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

Yes, 8mm grain is DEFINITELY too much... I'm looking for 16mm grain, that should be in between them.

This is a test grain that should be in the middle (click for bigger version):

still need to test all these grain plates on video, rather than image.

This one certainly looks the best of the three grain plates in terms of hiding the DNR without going overboard IMHO. The question is how it compares to the mpeg-2 release when its in motion, i've always been quite happy with the mpeg-2 release, certainly its much better than that other DNRed release that shall not be named...