Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] grainy pics
From: Randy Holst <rholst@micron.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:31:38 -0700

Mike Spadafora wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>         I just picked up some photos that I took with a Canon 35 1.8 ltm
> lens. I purposefully shot wide open to see what the lens could do. The
> subjects are in focus, but everything looks grainy as if I were using a
> fast film. 
[snip]

It sounds like the film was underexposed and the automatic printer tried
to compensate for it.  I've had the same experience whenever I
underexpose color print film, and I nearly always use 100 speed film.

Randy Holst
Boise, Idaho