Processed B&W super grainy

[keatensaba]

ive been developing my ilford hp5 400 b&w film at school coming home and scanning it. Lately its been coming out super duper grainy. what could have caused it? is it the way im developing it? could it be the developer? (Developer 7min stop 5secs Fix 5min) im kinda new to the developing please help!
oh and im shooting on leica m3 summicron 50mm collapsible f/2
scanning on epson v500

Scanning set up:

 

[pufy]

how do the negs look? might be underdevelopment.

 

[Ljós]

Others have to chime in on your scanner settings (I am doubtful about the "dust removal" - this does not work with traditional BW films, as far as I know), but do tell us:

- which developer? which dilution?
- what temperature?
- how do you agitate the film?

The pictures themselves I find very intrigueing (in a positive way!). Lots of atmosphere in them!

All the best, Ljós

 

[mfogiel]

These shots were severely underexposed, if you apply normal contrast to them, the grain will disappear, but also you will lose all the shadow detail. Expose correctly to begin with, and then adjust the curves properly in PS to see a normal tonality image. As to the development - dilute your developer more and increase the time, to avoid problems with uneven develpment due to excesively short time, which is more difficult to control. I normally aim for dev times of 10 mins or more.

 

[keatensaba]

Alright! thanks a lot for the helpful replies i took some of these same shots on digital with the same settings and they looked great so i dont think its my in camera set up. i think it was the development. So if i am to develop longer my negatives will be brighter? exposed properly?

 

[keatensaba]

Others have to chime in on your scanner settings (I am doubtful about the "dust removal" - this does not work with traditional BW films, as far as I know), but do tell us:

- which developer? which dilution?
- what temperature?
- how do you agitate the film?

The pictures themselves I find very intrigueing (in a positive way!). Lots of atmosphere in them!

All the best, Ljós

I think we use some sort of kodak developer maybe tmax, temperature about 20 C , agitate the film for the first 10 seconds of every minute,

 

[35photo]

Also, your film is not in the carrier flat, you need to get it more flat which is not easy that's for sure!

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

underexposure for sure + wrong temperature chemicals

 

[HuubL]

And forget about "Grain reduction" and "Dust removal". Better to scan without any of the "Adjustments" and optimize in PS or similar photo editors.
Groet, Huub