Saturday, January 29, 2005, 12:55:54 AM, Herb wrote: HC> it looks like a problem that happens on some high resolution scanners. if it HC> is this problem, it's caused by slight bubbles in the emulsion during HC> manufacturing of the film. the only way to be sure is to look at that HC> portion of the film under a microscope. a 20X loupe isn't powerful enough. HC> you need at least 40X and preferably 80X or so.
Thanks. I will try that as soon as I find the microscope :-) So far, dust&speckles removes is nicely, as it is really around one pixel sized, but I have to mask some areas if there is enough similar pixel sized detail there. It's not so bad. What's worse is the horrible grain or noise I get scanning iso 800 films and adjusting the colour temperature to correct for tungsten light. Blue speckled noise all over. And sharp :-( It almost seems as the nikon is sharpening the blue channel?!? Good light! fra