Bad Day at the Changing Bag

[steamer]

60 some photos and maybe 1 keeper. The rout began when I rewound my vitessa. Action seemed a little light, when I opened the back I found out why--the self loaded film had come untaped from the cartridge. Round 1 to the gremlins. Next I pulled a roll of neopan 1600 from the contax IIa and wound it on a steel reel. When I looked at the film cartridge again it was fuji natura 1600. Back into the changing bag and rolled it onto a reusable cartidge. took it to the local 60 minute place to be developed. seems because I cut off the leader the film jammed in the developing machine. Deep gouges wrecked the few nice photos. Round 2 to the gremlins, the third roll was neopan 400 developed in diafine, several frames were screwed up because the film was not wound properly on the reel and anyway it was a toilet roll. Round 3 to the gremlins.

This is my first time to experience so many screw ups at one time. Guess I'll just have reboot my mojo and load up again and do it right. Too bad I kinda liked this one:

Has anybody else fricked up this much at one time ?

 

[colinh]

No, but then I don't use reloadable cartridges

colin

 

[steamer]

I don't think I will either after I finish another 10 meters of neopan 1600 and 30 meters of Tri-x.

 

[jbf]

Yikes! That sucks.

I've never used the steel reels before. Only plastic reels. Is the means of getting them on the reel the same? With the plastic reels you "ratchet" the film onto the reel. But that doesnt work the same way with the metal reels does it?

 

[steamer]

The steel reels are a bitch. Some swear by them but I have nothing but grief. Guess I'll go back to plastic, but that doesn't help when I load color film in them. ;-)

 

[migtex]

wow!
well, thats's probably why when I get a 30 meter bulk film I just used it on the Nikon F250... and have a blast!!!
develop it.. is another story... almost like yours.... just with more film lost.. and cut.. and lost... but the blast man... oh the blast....