Shooting blank for a week...

excelglsi · 24th April 2008

Stil not used to shooting film... Last week went film outing. Since than fall in love with shooting film. Finally finish 2 rol of film, to my horror the negatives all wash out (all black black).... Wat happen... Sian.. Major upset..

Any suggest on wat to do to prevent this from happening? Bros...??

Using a Minolta 600si n a Praktica ltl 3 with Takumar lens M42 mount 55f1.8 n 35f2....

theveed · 24th April 2008

All black meaning no exposure?

1st thing: Did you load the film correctly? I assume that the Maxxum should already have an auto-loading system, right?
2nd: Are you certain the camera works? My first assumption would be forgetting the lens cap on, but you're using an SLR and not a rangefinder so that would be nearly impossible, so I'm wondering if the cam is in working condition to begin with.
3rd: Did you set the ASA/DIN rating correctly?
4th: Using fresh or expired film?

If what you meant my "washed out" meaning your PRINTS came out as white and the negs as all-black, could you have opened the film back accidentally and exposed your neg?

Kinda strange coz you mentioned 2 rolls with 2 different cams but got the same results so I'm dismissing gear error...

I too had an "accident" last week when I forgot to set my ASA down from 400 to 200 in my Konica C35V (being a full-auto cam), I forgot that I loaded 200 film (expired as well, so it loses almost a stop more) and left the ASA setting to 400, which resulted to severely (2-3EV) underexposed shots... But they're not completely gone as bright skies still exposed somewhat, unlike a pure black in your case.

chiif · 24th April 2008

what film did u use?

Based on your short description, I suspect that you've used a B&W film (T-Max, Tri-X, Ilford Delta...) and developed in C41 by normal colour labs.

I don't think anything wrong with your camera & lens.

theveed · 24th April 2008

Good point... ^^^^^^^^^^^^

excelglsi · 25th April 2008

Thanks for all ur help guys.. /Tin was my fault n the lab fault also... My fault was loading the film wrongly n the lab develop wrong using color c41...

I am slowly moving in to gettin a Lecia... Haha

24th April 2008	#1
excelglsi Deregistered Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: CCK-Yew Tee Posts: 1,713	Shooting blank for a week... Stil not used to shooting film... Last week went film outing. Since than fall in love with shooting film. Finally finish 2 rol of film, to my horror the negatives all wash out (all black black).... Wat happen... Sian.. Major upset.. Any suggest on wat to do to prevent this from happening? Bros...?? Using a Minolta 600si n a Praktica ltl 3 with Takumar lens M42 mount 55f1.8 n 35f2....

24th April 2008	#2
theveed Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 925	Re: Shooting blank for a week... All black meaning no exposure? 1st thing: Did you load the film correctly? I assume that the Maxxum should already have an auto-loading system, right? 2nd: Are you certain the camera works? My first assumption would be forgetting the lens cap on, but you're using an SLR and not a rangefinder so that would be nearly impossible, so I'm wondering if the cam is in working condition to begin with. 3rd: Did you set the ASA/DIN rating correctly? 4th: Using fresh or expired film? If what you meant my "washed out" meaning your PRINTS came out as white and the negs as all-black, could you have opened the film back accidentally and exposed your neg? Kinda strange coz you mentioned 2 rolls with 2 different cams but got the same results so I'm dismissing gear error... I too had an "accident" last week when I forgot to set my ASA down from 400 to 200 in my Konica C35V (being a full-auto cam), I forgot that I loaded 200 film (expired as well, so it loses almost a stop more) and left the ASA setting to 400, which resulted to severely (2-3EV) underexposed shots... But they're not completely gone as bright skies still exposed somewhat, unlike a pure black in your case. __________________ ______________ >>> Free Photography Articles!!! <<< Last edited by theveed; 24th April 2008 at 05:19 AM.

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theveed Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 925	Re: Shooting blank for a week... Good point... ^^^^^^^^^^^^ __________________ ______________ >>> Free Photography Articles!!! <<<

25th April 2008	#5
excelglsi Deregistered Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: CCK-Yew Tee Posts: 1,713	Re: Shooting blank for a week... Thanks for all ur help guys.. /Tin was my fault n the lab fault also... My fault was loading the film wrongly n the lab develop wrong using color c41... I am slowly moving in to gettin a Lecia... Haha