Reducing Grain

[steve]

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I have a canon FS4000US film scanner and some of my film has bad grain
(especially the old 126 'Instamatic' type cartridges used in the 70's). I
have used Neatimage to good effect, though a little detail is lost. I am
experimenting with light source diffusing plastic but this has only a small
effect on reducing grain. Is there anything better on the market, either
hardware of software that can reduce grain and preserve detail?

I use Vuescan and even using multiple pass scans up to 16 times has no
effect on improving the grain.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.scanner (More info?)

Plug-ins to reduce noise also reduce sharpness. Some people like Noise
Ninja.
There is also a significant difference between apparent graininess you see
on the monitor and what will be seen in a print.