I am getting so much grain

[georg16nik]

Based on this, it looks like the images were overexposed a lot. The negatives of the car and the girl seem really dark...

or underexposed and overdeveloped.
a wet/optical print will reveal the whole story.

 

[gone]

I wish I could get grain like that :]

 

[alanrockwood]

Grain and/or exposure and/or focus notwithstanding, all I can say is "what an incredible and classic beauty!" And the girl is also very attractive.

 

[RobC]

Grain and/or exposure and/or focus notwithstanding, all I can say is "what an incredible and classic beauty!" And the girl is also very attractive.

Yes, the minolta srt 101 was a classic beauty.

 

[Cycler]

Not surprising. Most shop staff are SALES assistants, geared to sell stuff; particularly what they have in. And some. that sell some photo gear know next to nothing about it but its 'features' if that.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Not surprising. Most shop staff are SALES assistants, geared to sell stuff; particularly what they have in. And some. that sell some photo gear know next to nothing about it but its 'features' if that.

But they only thing that they know is which cameras get them the biggest commission.

 

[Wallendo]

I shoot a lot of Foma 100 (actually the Arista re-branding) and many of my scans have a similar appearance. My experience is that overexposure produces a lot more grain than usual, but less than expired Tri-X. Optimal exposure does reduce the apparent grain. I shoot Foma specifically to get the effect the original poster describes.

I haven't done any optical prints yet, but have purchased an enlarger and supplies and hope to do so in the next month or two once I have a dark place to use it.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

The grain in these pictures is well within acceptable levels and even attractive to my eye.I you like less. go to MF or get s fine grain film and develop yourself in a fine-grain developer but MF is your best bet.anyway, these images are just fine. digital photographers are trying to simulate grain like this .

 

[ongakublue]

The grain in these pictures is well within acceptable levels and even attractive to my eye.I you like less. go to MF or get s fine grain film and develop yourself in a fine-grain developer but MF is your best bet.anyway, these images are just fine. digital photographers are trying to simulate grain like this .

this is interesting maybe my brain is too used to the digital look. i don't hate the grain. it just surprised me.

And in some shots, like this one I attached. Same film and camera, it is a lot less grainy which is interesting to me.

 

[removed account4]

hi ongkublue

if you don't want to buy specialty photography beakers and whatnot,
you can probably go to a second hand store and get containers, and to a pharmacy to get one
of those teaspoon eyedroppers you would supply a child medication with... as long as
long as you mix things in the right proportion with developers, you will be OK ... just don't
use the containers you use for your photographic endeavors for food/drink - consumption
hand tanks and reels you can probably find used here on apug or if you have a few giant tupperware containers
and a metal coathanger you don't even need that stuff, as long as you have a room that is pitch dark when you turn the lights off ...
you can take a metal coat hanger and make a butterfly bend on the bottom and straighten the rest of the hanger ...
put the wire through the hole in the middle of the reels ...
and " dip and dunk " your reels of film in the tupperware containers filled with developer, stop bath and fixer ...
if you don't have the space or don't want to deal with 3 chemicals, you can get away with just developer and fixer
with a water tupperware bath in-between ( some folks would never do this in 1,000,000 years and believe stop is a necessary chemical
i guess it is to some, but not to others ). i did this for years, and it was easy ...
agitation is just slowly moving the reel/coathanger up and down ... 8 times at first, and then 4 times every minute until
your development is over ... your times will be the same as " deep tank and hangers" ... you will be processing
your reels the same way someone who uses sheet film in hangers in a deep tank does it ...
after the fix, put the reels in another tupperware container ( very small, no hanger needed ) and wash your negatives ...
you can fixer remove in the small contaner too and re-wash/final wash ...
you can adjust your contrast / agitation but up and down more, just don't do "up and down" aggressively, you get streeks on your film ..
processing film can be as complicated ( lots of expensive and complicated machines and methods big and small ) or something
less complicated, less expensive ( less sophisticated ) but it all does the same thing ...
i like your images, i agree with ralph the grain is nice !
good luck if you process your film, apug is full of helpful people if you get jammed up, or have other questions ..