I would like the input of the group. Yesterday I shot a roll of Kodak Max
800. Shot it available light of my grand daughter using an OM-1 and Vivitar
75-205 zoom. I had checked the metering of the newly CLA'd OM against my
OM-4t and it meters a test wall identical to the OM-4t.
I had the film processed at a 1 hr. lab. The negatives are grainy beyond
belief! I don't mean the grain is just visible, I mean it is in clumps and
it obscures the sharpness and beauty of the photos. The difficulty is
consistent through the entire roll of negatives.
So, do I have a processing problem? Can poor chemicals, etc. at a 1hr lab in
a Fuji automated processor cause the grain to clump like this? Or, can heat
cause the film to be damaged before exposure and processing. The film was in
my car (not loaded in a camera) for a week and it got hot in the car due to
summer weather in San Diego. Before I nuke the lab I would appreciate the
consensus of the group.
Dave Dougherty
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