Thanks for reminding me that I have a lifetime membership to Luminous
Landscape! I haven't looked at it in years but I signed up for the e-mails
so I'll know when they post new articles. I think I quit reading it when
the founder died. It's a very worthwhile photo site.
And, yes, that looks like exactly what I have.
TIna
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Michael R. Collins <
MRC.OlympusList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You may want to take a look at this article for a few more details - it
> claims Fuji lays the blame on the film base, not the surface:
>
> Fuji 'Pepper Grain' - The Mystery Resolved
> <https://luminous-landscape.com/fuji-pepper-grain-the-mystery-resolved/>
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 2017-12-10 5:30 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> Well, that's something new to me! I've never heard of pepper grain. I'm
>> glad I don't have many like that so I'm not worrying about it right now,
>> but I may try the digital camera scan route on those.
>>
>> Thanks, Ken.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> That looks like "pepper grain". It was more common with Provia than
>>> Velvia, but would occur in both. From what I've been able to
>>> determine, it's caused by surface refraction in the surface of the
>>> film. Fujifilm essentially "frosted" the surface of Velvia and Provia
>>> to help the highlights. With a diffuse light source, there are no
>>> artifacts. With a pinpoint or columnated light source, the light would
>>> refract away from the direction of the scanner's sensor resulting in
>>> black dots.
>>>
>>> AG Schnozz
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> PESO:
>>>>
>>>> I'm still scanning slides of Italy. Most of the film has been Provia
>>>>
>>> which
>>>
>>>> seems to scan fine, but I've run into a series where I used Velvia.
>>>> That
>>>> shows lots of speckles in the film. I used Vuescan's infrared noise
>>>> removal when I scanned it and I've tried both Neat Image and Define in
>>>> Photoshop. Nothing touches these speckles. Here is an example:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/166696968
>>>>
>>>> Enlarged detail from the top left corner:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/166696969
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions on how to get rid of speckles?
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
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