DIGITAL GEMMaastricht luxury hotels Technology is based on another complex set of proprietary algorithms that are used automatically during the data collection portion of the scanning process. This technology reads the grain details in film and extracts all the vital data related to image quality and color, much in the way that DIGITAL ICE Technology corrects surface defects. The resulting image is sharp and clear, without grain clumping or graininess.

Film grain is the by-product of the silver halide crystals in light-sensitive photographic emulsions: the higher the film speed, the larger the grain size. The graininess of film refers to a subjective measure of the visible clumping of the grains in the emulsion. Film grain is similar to the resolution of a computer monitor ­ the lower the resolution, the larger the pixels and the less image detail is provided. In the past, the best media for enlargements came from either large-format cameras or small-format cameras using slower-speed film. With DIGITAL GEM Technology, faster-speed films and smaller-format cameras (like 35mm) can now be used with the same success as with the larger-format cameras. DIGITAL GEM Technology can be configured on scanners to allow users to control the amount of grain left in images for aesthetic purposes.

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