Doesn't sound like a Kodak product at all. All the Photo CD's I have, (over the last 5 years) are on gold CDs labelled "Kodak digital science", "Photo CD" & "Photographic Quality Images".
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:58 PM Subject: Re: OT: Hash marks (was Meow - cat picture) > No, I'm not. The CD itself is generic. Right now it won't appear on my > desktop, so all I have is the jpegs from when I first uploaded them to a > folder on my HD. > Asking for "get info" on the image icon, it says: type = .JPEG and the > creator is "ogle" which is Picture Viewer. > So, I cannot answer you. > Do all Photo CDs come on a CD that has a Kodak label? > > keith > > Kenneth Waller wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >
