An interesting article, indeed. The use of VueScan to slightly
defocus the image seemed like something worth trying.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Aug 10, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Moose wrote:
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
>> It may also be the LED lighting system on the Nikon which emphasizes
>> grain aliasing. Scanners like the Minoltas and the Polaroids may have
>> one up with a more diffuse lighting system.
>>
> As long as we are talking defunct products, the Canon film scanners
> also
> use diffuse lighting. It was one of the factors that weighed in its
> favor when I chose the FS4000.
>
> Some films show quite a bit of grain at 4000 dpi, but nothing like
> what
> AG describes. And the faster films have the most grain, not the slower
> ones, as one would expect.
>
> This is the most detailed and though page I remember about grain
> aliasing. What I particularly remember is his comparison of apparent
> graininess of a film scan vs. a flatbed scan of an 8x10 optical print.
> It's a ways down the page <http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Grain.htm>.
>
> Moose
>
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