[filmscanners] Re: GRAIN/ICE SHOWDOWN: Nikon LS8000vs.MinoltaScanMulti Pro!/ The"Pepper Grain" problem.

["Martin Greene" <camerabuggy@earthlink.net>]

Regarding the pepper grain effect which has been driving me wild for some
time, and to which I have attributed various causes, there is an article on
it in The Luminous Landscape by Nick Rains.  Using an Imcacon Flextight, he
noted the spots.  He also noted that Digital Ice removes it.  He had scanned
Fuji Provia 100F, contacted Fuji about the problem and after some time Fuji
informed him that the problem lay in the film base.  So that is it.  I only
use Fuji film.  The "Pepper Grain" also shows up in Velvia and Astia.  Fuji
assured him that they would rectify the problem.

 http://www.luminous-landscape.com/fuji-pepper.htm

Martin




on 4/11/02 7:00 PM, filmscanners_Digest_owner@halftone.co.uk at
filmscanners_Digest_owner@halftone.co.uk wrote:

> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:56:38 +0100
> From: "Bob Frost" <bobfrost@btopenworld.com>
> ----------------------------------------
> Roger,
>
> I've noticed these small black specks on some, but not all, Fuji Provia 100F
> and thought it must be a chemical precipitate from processing. Whatever it
> is, my Nikon LS4000 gets rid of it nicely with ICE.
>
> Bob Frost.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Smith" <rsmith@unb.ca>
>
> It describes my experiments to track down the source of the fine
> black speckles ('pepper grain') seen in some high resolution scans,
> particularly with scanners like the Minoltas. There are some
> explanatory photographs, including the film-base bubbles that I
> believe are responsible for the pepper grain effect.
>

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