don't you hate grainy photos?

[rockgurl]

I just came back from Cancun last Saturday and I have most all of the pictures back. There were a few rolls I missed in my camera bag and then of course I have to finish out the roll in my camera. But anyways, it was a lot of fun and I did get some nice shots, but overall I was kind of dissappointed. I would have had a lot more nice shots but a lot of them turned out real grainy, and there were a few that were blury from my own faults like not focousing right or the exposure settings weren't right. The problem I am having though is all the grainy pictures, and a lot have a faint line across them. I don't know if it was me, or my camera or the printing or devolping that made them so grainy. I was hoping that someone would know. I know it would probably help if I looked on the negatives, but they're hard to see, especially the faint line because it's hard to see even on the print. I'd like to post some to show you what I am talking about but we can't find the power cord to my scanner, but when I do I'll get a few up. So if anyone knows what the problem might be just let me know because I would like to reprint them if it was just the printing, but if it was the negatives, no point right?

[Michael Fanelli]

What film/speed did you use?

[adina]

I love grainy pics! When the are supposed to be though, I guess if you were hoping for something else, you could be disappointed.

If you take them someplace else, and have a couple printed, and they are still bad, then it probably was your negs. Although if you can scan the negs, you'd probably get a more accurate result.

What'd you shoot with? What kind of film?

adina

[Gerry Widen]

Are the negatives under exposed? Sometimes when printing under exposed negatives the prints look grainy. Print film has a pretty wide latitude and you can get decent prints that look good from thin negatives with a grainy result. Compare the negatives to some others. I'm assuming you used a normal 100-400 speed film. The line could be caused by a few things. Check out the pressure plate in the camera to make sure nothing is scratching the film. It most likely was caused by the processor.