iedei Posted November 24, 2012 Share #1 Posted November 24, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) well this is from my first roll of film on my new M5. used Ilford XP2 Super 400 film....expired in 2005. it gave me lots of grainy, snap, crackle and pop noise! Very interesting though.....sort of added a bit of unpredictable behaviour to the photos! Will post a few more later this week. Do you guys think this much noise is normal? A product of the film? or perhaps poor development? Leica M5 + CV 35mm F1.4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frank Sellitto Posted November 24, 2012 Share #2 Posted November 24, 2012 well this is from my first roll of film on my new M5. used Ilford XP2 Super 400 film....expired in 2005. it gave me lots of grainy, snap, crackle and pop noise! Very interesting though.....sort of added a bit of unpredictable behaviour to the photos! Will post a few more later this week. Do you guys think this much noise is normal? A product of the film? or perhaps poor development? Leica M5 + CV 35mm F1.4 Syed, Congratulations on your M5. I really enjoy the photo you posted. It's difficult to critique film quality on any given monitor but IMHO it looks fine. Keep shooting. ~f Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted November 24, 2012 Share #3 Posted November 24, 2012 Syed, A fine picture with great composition, tones, sharpness and what I would call a dirty negative. Check your negative with a loupe and lightbox to see if the clutter is there yet. It might be poor processing, dust accumulation or scanner problems. I have never ran across this because of film quality. I had a roll of 120 film that looked a lot like that once and I suspected it to be contaminated chemicals or wash water. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted November 24, 2012 Share #4 Posted November 24, 2012 The probability that there is a problem with the film is essentially zero. Your negative is dirty. If this is how your negatives come back from C41 processing, change your processor - there is no excuse for negatives looking like this. Like the picture, BTW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted November 24, 2012 thanks for the nice words everyone! taking photos with the M5 and using film REALLY excites me......i guess i will have to find a better place to develop my rolls. I just went a mainstream photo place to get this 1st roll created. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPerson Posted November 25, 2012 Share #6 Posted November 25, 2012 Syed - interesting image but a shame about the crud. I am sure someone from NY can advise you of a good processor - try asking in the Film forum. Enjoy your journey with the M5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janlu Posted November 25, 2012 Share #7 Posted November 25, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I like very much this pictures...... A perfect gentleman mood you captured in that street !! As for the negative, i only think you got it very dirty.... sharpness and tones seem to be ok . It's strange... this time the dirty negative adds to the atmosphere ... it seems almost snowing.... Btw.... for the BW films , you could develop your roll yourself.... It's very easy and interesting to experiment !! Labs always carry a lot of dust and not always it works good as in this picture Best luck , Gianluca Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalkdust Posted November 25, 2012 Share #8 Posted November 25, 2012 The whites specks look like dust to me. There is also an odd black blotch with an a fine white line it to the left of the records and CDs store. Is this possibly a hole in the negative, or did a big blotch of something prevent development there? You may be able to clean the dust yourself if it came to the film after the film dried. Black and white development is very simple and not too expensive and can be done without a real darkroom. Enlargement is where the darkroom and enlarger and lenses and sinks and drains and all of that nice stuff comes into play. Of course if you scan the negative to convert to digital, you can avoid the enlargement part of the process. I like this photo, but I believe it would look much better cleaned up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted November 26, 2012 thank you for all of your feedback. it is very helpful. i am new to using a film M and haven't shot film since i was a kid.....so i appreciate the tips and advice! part of me loves the scratches, noise, specs, etc....but i agree that without them (cleaned up), the photo would likely be improved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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