Re: "Pepper grain" (was Minolta Multi Pro)

[Arthur Entlich <artistic-1@xxxxxxx>]

Thank you, thank you <bowing deeply>

I want to thank my parents, my wife, and all the "little people" who 
have made this moment possible.  In particular, I want to make mention 
of my high school poli-sci teacher, who was an infant polio survivor, 
and who taught me that "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but 
the size of the fight in the dog".

Taking issue with products made by a company like Nikon hasn't always 
been easy, as they have their supporters, heck, even followers and 
zealots, who are unable to find fault with their products, no matter 
what adversity those users have had to bear.

But, in my quest toward keeping the film scanner world informed, I will 
continue to persevere, through power spikes, aliasing storms or shadow 
noise in the deepest Dmin of the night, focusing and defocusing, and 
then focusing again.

I will take steps and microsteps, motorized or otherwise, toward this 
goal, knowing that as I progress, I am helping to enlighten, by LED, 
cold cathode, or other means, those who can benefit from from my ramblings.

As I ride the film carrier of life, I will look back upon this day, and 
this award, with the contempt with which it has been given.  I will wear 
it as a badge of honor, until my eyes grow dim and I am packed into a 
giant flatbed scanner box, and buried beneath the noise floor.

Thank you all again.  I'll never forget you or this day!

Art ;-)




Moreno Polloni wrote:

>>However, I'd be happy to update this information as soon as someone with
>>more authority provides some other information.  Hey, I have an idea,
>>how about a statement from Nikon, something other than what is on their
>>website, which basically says, if you get banding, use Super-fine scan
>>mode.  I assume several people encountering this problem on a product of
>>the cost of the LS 8000 would have requested some explanation from Nikon
>>by now.  If anyone has heard from Nikon, I'd be interested in their
>>response.
>>
> 
> Congrats Art! You take first prize in the scanner list Nikon Bashing
> Crusade. Choosing a winner was easy. No one else was even close.
> 
> First prize is a colour scan of any of your images, performed on my very own
> Nikon 8000. I'll defocus the image to suit your preferences and current
> theories of scan quality. Perhaps I'll crop the edges a bit to simulate the
> SS120 effect. I'll even try to get the scan to show some banding, but
> frankly, it might prove to be a problem. Out of about a thousand scans, it's
> only showed up on 3 or 4 images. Maybe I can use Photoshop to "fake" the
> banding. .
> 
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