Are you sure you got a photo CD and not a picture CD? Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 3:39 AM Subject: Re: OT: Hash marks (was Meow - cat picture)
> Hi Butch. > > Finally someone who believes me and has seen the effect before! > > Butch Black wrote: > > > > 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. > > I mis-spoke. The marks are on the CD images, not the prints. > > > > Who can tell me what causes these marks? > > > > Keith, does it look like a blocky mosaic? > > Yes it does. That pretty well describes it. I couldn't come up with the > mental image, but that about does it. > Not just one shot. All of them had it. The 4x6" prints from the film did > not have it. The images on the CD did... > I used Kodak Royal 200 and 400, which is pretty high definition film. > In fact, I look at some of my images with a 10X Coddington loupe, and > the film is clean as can be. > > > I had problems with a local Wal-Mart's picture CD having a look like > > blocky mosaic grain. > > That may well be the problem. These were like you took a very small rake > and made very faint, almost square marks across the lower light level areas. > I only noticed it when I cranked up the image size a little in my computer. > > > 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 > > I'll try that! > Thanks again for identifying the probably cause! > > keith whaley > >
