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[TheGenericusername]

hey yall, i joined here because i didnt want to go to a huge forum with a bunch of people who are full of more than opinions, like POP photo. anyways i'm a high school student wanting to be a better photographer, i have been in photography for 8 years or so and participate in the 4h fair every year. i like b&w film the most, i feel film gives it to you straight forward, digital is a bit more editing and not as appealing to me ( NO OFFENSE) im just not good a photoshop ne ways i hope to learn a lot from yall.
i do have a question, since i started my photo class in HS we develop our own film, i always have gotten clean crisp pics from CVS or walgreens but now on my own the photos come out a little grainy, i havent changed speed (400) or anything idk what it is, do you ?? any help would be much aprecciated!!

 

[usayit]

Can you examine the negatives? Are they over/under exposed? Are the negatives grainy? Out of date film?

For B&W, I'll request development only from the local lab and make prints myself.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Welcome. We mostly don't care about how you get the images, just the end result. There are plenty of people here who still work with film and do their own processing - some examples would be useful though, so we can see what you're getting.

 

[TheGenericusername]

I have examined my negatives and there is no specific graininess, could it be my camera or the lenses? please help me out here

 

[kundalini]

Welcome

 

[maddermaxx]

since i started my photo class in HS we develop our own film, i always have gotten clean crisp pics from CVS or walgreens but now on my own the photos come out a little grainy,

Chemicals/Developing process/time/temperature differences could be the culprit.