ywenz
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I took my first b&w roll from my M6 to target for development and when they ran the film thru the machine, nothing was exposed on the roll!!! How could this have happened?? My previous roll came out fine.
Ahh film did not expose!!
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kiev4a
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Did you take off the Lens Cap?
ywenz
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Yes.. I saw the film, it was entirely transparent.. not even a speck of dark..
doubs43
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Check your shutter to be certain it's opening correctly. If it is, I'd say the problem is with Target and not your camera.
Walker
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ywenz
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I do remember that when I rewund the film, I did not use the rewind lever... What is the purpose of that lever? I know the manual says to use it, but I forgot use it and I still was able to rewind the film.
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xcapekey
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hmmm...are u sure u loaded it correctly?
did u check to see if the rewind knob was spinning when u advanced the film?
it sounds like a misload. you shouldn't be able to rewind without dropping the rewind lever because the film on the spool would create too much tension...
did u check to see if the rewind knob was spinning when u advanced the film?
it sounds like a misload. you shouldn't be able to rewind without dropping the rewind lever because the film on the spool would create too much tension...
zeos 386sx
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What kind of b&w film did you use. If it was other than C41 then your problem might be Target and you will need to start developing your own..
ywenz
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Well I don't believe it was a misload because When the counter reached 25 (on my 24exp film) I could not longer wind the shutter for the next shot. There is more to the story however...
After initially loading this film for the first time, I noticed that the tension on the film wasn't taunt and thus the canister was moving around inside the body. Since I haven't taken a shot yet, I decided to rewind the film and reload it. I poped open the back and rewund the film until a tiny bit of film was left sticking out. Then I reloaded the film as I would normally. I don't believe there's anything wrong with this procedure but this is the only thing that occured that was out of the ordinary.
It was a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400. Is that C41? Either way, they told me their machine was setup to accept Tri-X. When the guy was giving me a refund, he said I should really take any professional line film to other places. >:-(
After initially loading this film for the first time, I noticed that the tension on the film wasn't taunt and thus the canister was moving around inside the body. Since I haven't taken a shot yet, I decided to rewind the film and reload it. I poped open the back and rewund the film until a tiny bit of film was left sticking out. Then I reloaded the film as I would normally. I don't believe there's anything wrong with this procedure but this is the only thing that occured that was out of the ordinary.
It was a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400. Is that C41? Either way, they told me their machine was setup to accept Tri-X. When the guy was giving me a refund, he said I should really take any professional line film to other places. >:-(
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foon
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Tri X is not c41, and i don't think there is any machine use to develop it
kiev4a
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Feankly, I would be surprised if a Target store could handle Tri-X, which is an entirely different film and there isn't a huge call for processing it. If they ran it though a C-41 process (color) I doubt it would develop properly. What type of film was the previous roll and who processed it?
ywenz said:
Toby
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Check the film rebate (edges) if you can read the brand of the film it's an exposure problem if you have totally blank film it's not been developed
kiev4a
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Toby said:
Excellent point. If the film info and numbers are on the edge it's an exposure problem If the edge is blank, then the film wasn't developed.
ywenz
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The film strip is entirely blank.. so if I saw individual boxes on the strip, then I can conclude that it was a problem with my camera, otherwise it was problem with development? Damn target! My previous roll was a Fuji Supervia which I developed at Walmart...
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ray_g
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Still doesn't answer the question about rewinding. Was there a lot of resistance when you wound the film back? Good thing you did not break the wind crank, or worse.
F
former member
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You want to make sure that you get C41 black and white film in the future. Or get a developing tank and do your own.
The problem was in the processing.
The problem was in the processing.
ywenz
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Am I compromising a lot with C41 B&W film stock?
foon
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They actually can send them out for a two week servicegreyhoundman said:
My very first roll of b&w was done like this, but it totally sucked
but it might have been that particular lab's problem
try at your own risk 😀
Toby
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To get the most out of a fine camera like the M6 you really need to go to a pro lab...in a rolls-royce... with the film on a velvet cushion.
There's no point buying an expensive camera and getting cheapo developing -one negates the benefit of the other
There's no point buying an expensive camera and getting cheapo developing -one negates the benefit of the other
hoot
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Dunno, but this week's featured photo (click) was shot on C41 film.ywenz said:
ywenz
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Hey that looks pretty good! I'll have to pick me up a couple of rolls of the C-41 then!
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