I have a very important question about film so any help / advice from film users out there would be great. First off, I'll make it clear that I am very very new to film and this is only my 2nd roll so this might sound stupid, and I may not know any of the technical stuff. I am using a Lomography fisheye 35mm and I got a roll developed today. In about 11 of 36 frames on the negative, the film was not exposed at all. The rest of the photos and my first roll came out fine. Is there anything I could be doing wrong i.e. loading the film wrong that could have caused this? It would be great if it was a stupid mistake I was making and if someone could point it out, so I could correct it before I shoot anymore. Thanks in advance!
@dishaparekh176 Sounds like a mechanical problem with the camera either the shutter is not opening or the film roller is not moving the film on to the next shot.
Is it not exposing the first 11 or random shot throughout the roll?
Does it have a film counter and does that count up or down?
And lastly is it still in warranty?
@flagged Yeah I thought it should be an issue with the shutter too. It is a second hand piece so that may well be a possibility. It is 11 in the middle of the roll. As in 1-10 are fine, 11-22 are not exposed, and then 23-36 are fine. The counter counts up. And no warranty :(
@dishaparekh176 now that you say that does sound like a shutter/button problem and the way you explained the missing images does sort of point to a definte shutter issue. Stacked images would indicate an issue with the film advance roller.
Odd that all the bad shots were consecutive. You can try operating the camera without any film in it, and maybe with the back open as well if it will work like that -- you should be able to hear and see the shutter move.
An obvious possibility but one worth asking -- since I believe that camera isn't an SLR, and has a viewfinder that is totally independent from the lens (and so will always work), are you absolutely sure that you didn't accidentally leave the lens cap on?
@abirkill Ahahaha I did not think of that! Hmm, that may have been possible, because you are right, the viewfinder is independent. But these weren't taken on the same day or during the same shoot so I don't think so. I have tried it with the back open and the shutter seems to be functioning normally. @flagged Thanks for that!
@dishaparekh176 If it was a shutter/button/film loading problem, the whole roll wouldn't have exposed. I have done this more times than I care to admit. :) @abirkill is right - it is probably an issue with the lens cap, or with the shots not being exposed enough, or something to that effect. All easy enough to do on a lomo-style cam.
Not strictly true @beautifulthing as it could be an intermittent problem with the shutter, which would account for the consecutive shots being bust. I have one camera where shutter only releases about 50% of the time.
@dishaparekh176 since I just had a similar problem with photos not being exposed this morning I am going to ask you. Was the lens cap off? Seems that these simple film cameras will take a photo with the lens cap on and you are none the wiser. I would check with another roll of film and see if it was an easy solution.
@beautifulthing yes, the fancy camo holga needs that plastic bit removed.
@38mm@peterdegraaff@brumbe I was pretty sure the cap was off so I took it to the shop today and he thinks its the shutter too. Its a bank holiday in England today so they weren't too helpful but I left it with them and will check back on Thursday. The perils of second hand...
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Is it not exposing the first 11 or random shot throughout the roll?
Does it have a film counter and does that count up or down?
And lastly is it still in warranty?
Hope it helps in someway :)
An obvious possibility but one worth asking -- since I believe that camera isn't an SLR, and has a viewfinder that is totally independent from the lens (and so will always work), are you absolutely sure that you didn't accidentally leave the lens cap on?
@flagged Thanks for that!
@beautifulthing yes, the fancy camo holga needs that plastic bit removed.