Actually, I shot a roll of Max 800 a few days ago, to test out the 180/2.8
and I was absolutely stunned by it. I am only looking at the 4x6" prints so
it is not the best gauge, but it is very sharp, and no grain at all. I
remember the 400 films having huge grains just 10 years ago.
Of course, it could just be the amazing zuiko lens :-)
I shot some pics with the 1600 and some of the shots are really excellent.
Grain wise. I have a pic of a small alligator that you cannot tell it's
indoor with a 1600 film.
At 08:38 PM 8/8/2001 -0700, you wrote:
Dave,
Have you used this film before? I shot a couple of rolls of Max 800 a
while back and was not real pleased with the results. As you describe
the film was very grainy and clumpy. It may just be the film. If you
have used the film before with better results I would suspect the heat.
Jim Couch
DAVDOU9211@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 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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Jim Couch
Tacoma, WA USA
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