Originally posted by Stevopedia Hey gang,
I got the best of my stuff up now. 14 keepers out of a roll of 24... not bad, eh? But it's only one roll out of three. Oh well. Fuji Superia 400, all taken with the Super Tak 55/1.8 that came attached to the SV.
It does not look like exposure or mechanical was an issue. Personally, I think that two rolls getting used to the camera and meter, followed by a roll with better than 50% keepers is pretty darned good. You nailed these exposures.
I really like this set. It reminds me of many of the year book photos I took back in the day. I'm glad you shot color. I am actually fairly impressed with that film. Pretty good for people indoors, no flash it seems. That film is not as good in bright sunlight. The grain starts to take on random color and really does start to look like noise. For outdoors, Fuji Reala 100 tends to be my choice.
Originally posted by Stevopedia The scans turned out really noisy/grainy, by the way. Is that grain I'm seeing, or low-res scan noise?
I am guessing it is grain. It could be grain enhanced by artifacts in some cases.
I tried to look at Ashley closely. There do seems to be some artifacts in there.
The scan isn't quite big enough to be sure, but in the areas above her, it looks mostly like grain. There are tighter grained films, but this is not too, too bad. I take it you did not do the prints yet? Try printing these from the negatives. If there is grain, it's grain. Heh...
I personally think these are very good for relatively low light and higher ASA. The grain structure is pretty good, and the color is very good. Exposures are perfect and I love the one of Chelsie, Jesse, Ashley, Paisley, You...
And that leather camera case... perfect. Exactly the right vintage....
Nice job and thanks! You are welcome to get back on the list....
Seaain