Re: Epson filmscan & grain - Noise?

["David N. Horn" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Could it be that you are seeing noise, not grain? Noise in the scan could be
caused
by the electronic circuits in your scanner, including the sensor, pre-amp,
sample&hold,
and A to D converter. Noise would look very much like grain. One way to test is

to re-scan the same image and compare a very small section of both scans.
Another way is to scan a film with known very fine grain (e.g. Kodak Ektar Gold
25).

It is also possible that you are seeing noise/grain in the illumination system,
such as
a grainy diffuser. Try scanning nothing, and shift the intensity to mid-gray.

Just a thought!

Dave Horn


> ---- Original Message follows ----
>
> Has anyone got any experience of the Epson FS200 film Scanner. I have had
> one for some time but have not seriously used it until recently. My problem
> is one of it exaggerating, or at least markedly showing, the grain in the
> film. Yes I do mean grain not pixelalation. I have made a comparison with
> the results I get from this scanner and a conventional photographic based
> print from the same neg to the same magnification. The scanned version
> markedly shows granularity in plain areas such as skies.
>
> Any suggestions!
>
> Steve Dye
> Yorkshire, UK.