No, the lens has nothing to do with the grain on a film capture. You may be thinking of a D30 bug that reported the *digital* capture was grainier with this lens due to an electrical interference of some sort.
Your images are probably grainy because the negatives are a little underexposed causing the development to be grainier than usual. This is due to the way negative films are constructed and how they interact with the developing chemicals. One way to alter this would be to change your ISO setting for your 400 speed film to 200. This would allow the film to be more exposed on every shot and reduce grain throughout the roll. Or, you could just use a film with less grain and more tolerance for underexposure. You did mention hot sunny weather, which wouldn't really affect the film too much if it were shot quickly and processed promptly. However, if you had the film sitting around, for instance, in a hot car on the dashboard or in the glove box for several days, it could have caused heat damage to the film which would increase grain also. Mike Van Cleuvenbergen Kris wrote: > > Hi, > > I recently bought the 28/135 IS USM. When using this with a very narrow > diaphragm (high f-stop), eg f22, I see very much grain, especially in > grey sky, dark buildings, ... . Especially when scanning these, it > becomes very annoying. > > To be honest, last weekend I didn't do the most clever thing: I used > Fuji 400 superia negative film, but took some pictures in hot sunny > weather. Some of them were terrible, just because of this grain/noise on > them. Even the Nikon scanner's GEM could not solve it. > > So before blaiming the lens, a very simple question, 'am I wrong, or is > there any relation with the lens or the f-stop being used? ' > > regards, > Kris -- Michael Shupe M.J.Shupe Photography Michigan Tech University www.northernlightsgallery.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
