[filmscanners] Re: The"Pepper Grain" problem

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

Roger

I read your follow-up.  This certainly broadens the problem.  Since I use a
Sprintcscan 4000 and therefore do not have the use of ICE, I guess I'll have
to continue to spend an hour or so with the rubber stamp on each image.
What a fate.

Martin


> Hi Martin,
> If you scroll down to the end of the Nick Rains article you
> will see my follow-up, including photomicrograph, in which I
> attribute the 'pepper grain' to microscopic bubbles in the
> scratch-resistant layer which protects the emulsion. I also have seen
> the 'pepper grain' effect on every brand of film I have examined, not
> just Fuji, and in both slides and negatives.
>
> Regards,
> Roger Smith

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