Lenny Eiger
25-Oct-2005, 15:38
Greetings, all. Having a little problem here. Trying to get more educated. Been using Efke 100 in PyroPMK with a Jobo - generally works fine. (Going to move back to the 25, however, and maybe back to 8x10 from 4x5, as much as I love that little Ebony.) However, in testing I noticed that the areas that were in sharp focus had nice, tight grain. Areas in the backgroun, out of focus had lots of grain. I seem to remember that this was a known effect - does anyone remember?
I just came back from a trip to Pt. Lobos and the film was a mess - very grainy. I am thinking maybe there was a little wind action and instead of being out of focus, it was moving and this created the same effect. The other possibility is that my Nikon convertible 360/500 is slightly jarred and things are out of focus in general - just a smidge 'cuz I can't see it - and so it is all grainifying.
Can anyone shed some light on this so I can make sure it never happens again? Does anyone notice that it works well is bright sun thru N light, but has problems in N+1 and N+2 lighting?
TIA
Lenny
I just came back from a trip to Pt. Lobos and the film was a mess - very grainy. I am thinking maybe there was a little wind action and instead of being out of focus, it was moving and this created the same effect. The other possibility is that my Nikon convertible 360/500 is slightly jarred and things are out of focus in general - just a smidge 'cuz I can't see it - and so it is all grainifying.
Can anyone shed some light on this so I can make sure it never happens again? Does anyone notice that it works well is bright sun thru N light, but has problems in N+1 and N+2 lighting?
TIA
Lenny