rodabod
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Hi,
This is my first post here. I have searched regarding this problem (or confusion) and can't seem to answer my question.
My question is regarding film grain. I'm currently shooting on 800 speed Fuji Superia film which I understand to be decent quality. I also understand that grain increases with ISO speed. The film's expiry date is around now, but I keep it refridgerated. The reason I'm using fast film is that firstly I dislike flash photography, and secondly it makes things easier when I take photos at concerts.
Here's what I don't understand though - some of my shots have come out fine with little grain at all, but others are extremely grainy. I think there may be a trend that in the darker shots the grain is worse.... But I would have thought that since the exposure was automatic it wouldn't make much of a difference since the amount of light hitting the film would be similar. Even the lighter areas in the darker shot are very grainy.
Here are two photos taken from the same film. Both are heavily compressed to 200Kb because my developer is evidently an idiot:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6877/290032ju1.jpg
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Roddy
This is my first post here. I have searched regarding this problem (or confusion) and can't seem to answer my question.
My question is regarding film grain. I'm currently shooting on 800 speed Fuji Superia film which I understand to be decent quality. I also understand that grain increases with ISO speed. The film's expiry date is around now, but I keep it refridgerated. The reason I'm using fast film is that firstly I dislike flash photography, and secondly it makes things easier when I take photos at concerts.
Here's what I don't understand though - some of my shots have come out fine with little grain at all, but others are extremely grainy. I think there may be a trend that in the darker shots the grain is worse.... But I would have thought that since the exposure was automatic it wouldn't make much of a difference since the amount of light hitting the film would be similar. Even the lighter areas in the darker shot are very grainy.
Here are two photos taken from the same film. Both are heavily compressed to 200Kb because my developer is evidently an idiot:
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Roddy