Many people have complained about "pepper grain" using high res desktop scanners. The source of this problem has been solved: Fuji's film base for their transparency emulsions has had a texture that is picked up with these high res dry scanners (drum scanners use an oil contact medium that fills in this texture). See examples and read about Fuji's plans to rectify the problem in this Luminous Landscape article: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/fuji-pepper.htm
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