Re: Grainy results from Canon IXUS III (3) APS Camera

Cheers Woody, yeah I know what you're saying. But film from two
different manufacturers causing the same problem I find hard to
believe. Wouldn't a problem assessing exposure cause grainy pictures?
The result is almost like taking pictures in poor light without the
flash.

We have another film to burn this weekend and I'll guess we see how it
looks. I just don't want to end up finding out that the camera is
faulty, thats why I wanted Canon IXUS III users to see if they have
noticed the same.


"Woody W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi Ben,
> 
> I would not blame the camera. Grainy prints can't be caused that way. Bad
> film? Yes. Bad development? Yes. Bad printing? Yes. But not the camera.
> 
> Soft, out-of-focus, or other similar issues can be camera problems, but not
> grain.
> 
>  - Woody -
> 
> "Ben Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > Yeah we had reprints done at a kodak lab, as they were orginally done
> > at a lab using Fujifilm gear. Same results, well apart from the the
> > Kodak print being brighter and as a result showing the grain even
> > more. We didn't say anything about a potential problem as I wanted a
> > fair test.
> >
> > We had 5 or 6 of these films developed and all the same, but a recent
> > ISO400 was perfect.
> >
> > Ben.
> >
> > "Tom Pfeiffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>  news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > Most likely the problem was the photofinisher. Can you have them
>  reprinted
> > > elsewhere?
> > >
> > > Tom P.
> > >
> > > "Ben Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone noticed grainy pictures from their Canon IXUS III? We've
> > > > just had some films developed and the majority of prints are grainy,
> > > > the resulting images are pretty terrible in quality. The films used
> > > > were either Konica or Boots (yeah I know we got them free!), all
> > > > ISO200 which I figure is OK as an ISO200 came with the camera. Most of
> > > > the shots are in perfect daylight and many are landscape shots, all
> > > > pictures are the same regardless of lighting and subject matter.
> > > >
> > > > We've since tried the camera with Kodak and Fujifilm ISO400 and the
> > > > prints are perfect.
> > > >
> > > > The question I guess is, is the Canon IXUS III APS sensitive to lower
> > > > speed film and has does everyone only use ISO400 in theirs? If not
> > > > then I guess the camera could be faulty and its 10 days from running
> > > > out of warranty cover from the retailer!
> > > >
> > > > TIA, Ben.