I took a bunch of film (Pentax MG) from my vacation trip to the local > photo shop, and asked for a set of prints plus a Photo CD so I could put > some online. > Looking closely at the prints, most of them have almost exactly those > background marks, all over it. > > Who can tell me what causes these marks?
Keith, does it look like a blocky mosaic? I had problems with a local Wal-Mart's picture CD having a look like blocky mosaic grain. They were using a fairly new Fuji Frontier system. I don't get that effect from other machines including a Frontier used in a high end minilab, so my guess is that they have something set or adjusted wrong. If there is another lab that offers CD's in your area try a roll with them. If you don't get the same results then it's the labs fault. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)
