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Re: filmscanners: Grain in Color negative Film
At 06:54 22/03/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>That's what I thought as well.... and the minilab I used is one that (to the
>naked eye) runs a clean process... however, what I noticed was that the grain
>pattern in large areas of uniform density was much tighter and smoother in the
>film from the custom lab...
>
>Mike M.
there is no explanation to that. all c41 processes are equivalent, the main
difference is that profi labs have smaller variation of brands, speed, etc,
which translates into less variation of iodide/bromide content of
in-service developer. that effect was detected for the first time with an
introduction of Fuji 400 negs. They required different replenishment rate.
it is my speculation, cos I honestly do not believe, there is any
difference. If someone has an example, please post. Grain pattern is
dependant of the film structure, not developer.
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