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Sparrow said:
this one? done that


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Ouch! That woulda been a keeper, too...

This reminds me. I have been know to forget what film was loaded in what camera. I had a Canon P and M2 with me last fall, doing Autumn color shots and some "shapes" oriented ones. I thought the Canon had Fuji Superia 100 color and the Leica had XP-2 (400). I shot both cameras dry, and when I rewound, it was the other way around. So the color was a roll of underexposed photos of grey rock, and the BW was a roll of overexposed pictures of leaves and trees and a lake. But since I DID use sunny 16, so I did save 1 or 2 shots because I badly mis-guessed the light in some cases...
 
januaryman said:
Ouch! That woulda been a keeper, too...

This reminds me. I have been know to forget what film was loaded in what camera. I had a Canon P and M2 with me last fall, doing Autumn color shots and some "shapes" oriented ones. I thought the Canon had Fuji Superia 100 color and the Leica had XP-2 (400). I shot both cameras dry, and when I rewound, it was the other way around. So the color was a roll of underexposed photos of grey rock, and the BW was a roll of overexposed pictures of leaves and trees and a lake. But since I DID use sunny 16, so I did save 1 or 2 shots because I badly mis-guessed the light in some cases...
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It was so hot that day I think it just got to me enough to disrupt my routine ... it was mid 40s and very exposed, I couldn't face going back and re-doing it

BTW that's a photo of an almost complete Roman fort I stumbled on in a 600 year old olive grove, that's sort of modern for Greece so one can just clamber about on it at will
 
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robert blu said:
Alpacaman reminds me that one other problem I had last summer was by mistake to re-wind too much one of my KR64 and now all the unexposed film is inside the canister with no leader outside. Nor sure how to open and close the canister withou damaging it.

robert, getting old and making mistakes...
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You know there'a a little tool you can buy that you insert through the felt seal and you can get the leader out again? Takes a few tries sometimes but it eventually works if you're patient. I've got a couple of different versions.
Found them in Camera Accessories on the "Bay.
Or take it to a one hour photo lab and ask them to retrieve it. They have tools to do that because they have to tape the end of the film before feeding it into the processing plant.
 
Leigh Youdale said:
You know there'a a little tool you can buy that you insert through the felt seal and you can get the leader out again? Takes a few tries sometimes but it eventually works if you're patient. I've got a couple of different versions.
Found them in Camera Accessories on the "Bay.
Or take it to a one hour photo lab and ask them to retrieve it. They have tools to do that because they have to tape the end of the film before feeding it into the processing plant.
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... or get another roll of film lick the leader, stick the wet leader into the cassette by 2-3" and tug it back out again ... the lost end will come out with it
 
kdemas said:
Open up your M and discover there's an un-rewound roll still inside!
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I did that my third roll I shot. I forgot that I had finished the roll 30 minutes ago but didn't have a chance to rewind at the time. Never again. Now whenever I open the camera back, I give the rewind a spin to make sure I'm safe.
 
@Leigh Youdale, Sparrow and Mr. Flibble : thanks for suggestions, I have one tool i got together with the Polaroid Processor to exctract the film, but I made several trails without success. I did not yet try the "spit system" which was unknown to me, I will try it in a short time. Grazie e ciao
robert
 
Me? Years ago, shot some really great pics of a Native American musician I've never seen since. Developed the film myself, using the Jobo system. When doing the final rinse, with hose in the tank, I accidentally turned the faucet tap all the way over to "hot." What emulsion still remained on the film looked like the bottom of a mudhole after it dries out...
 
Leigh Youdale said:
You know there'a a little tool you can buy that you insert through the felt seal and you can get the leader out again? Takes a few tries sometimes but it eventually works if you're patient. I've got a couple of different versions.
Found them in Camera Accessories on the "Bay.
Or take it to a one hour photo lab and ask them to retrieve it. They have tools to do that because they have to tape the end of the film before feeding it into the processing plant.
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You can also use strips of Dymo label tape to retrieve the leader from inside the cassette.
It's a trick I was taught years ago, and it works really well.
 
@Leigh Youdale, Sparrow and Mr. Flibble : wow, it workes ! After looking at the video a couple of times I tried it and the "spit on film" system worked ! Thanks again for suggestions, I had never thought a similar solution !
robert
 
I did the opening with film in recently. Doh! Think the casual removal of baseplate with the digital M for battery/card changes had made me lax.

I especially hate it when you get back at the end of a day and discover there was dirt on the sensor. Tears my soul out. Hairs/Fibers are even worse than dust.

I came back from a good day of shooting last Friday, only to discover multiple dirt spots AND a fiber on the sensor. Even worse given the bright light and smaller apertures. Grrrr. :mad: Kicking myself as the invisible dust tool was even packed for the trip - 3 minutes in the morning could have saved me!

Here's an example image from Friday:

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Biggest dirt spot near top and left of center:
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Fiber in the middle:
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..and fixed with Lightroom clone tool

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I was in some sort of "zone" when out shooting recently and I finished the roll, and grabbed the next roll to load out of my bag. Not thinking I opened the camera up without rewinding and wasted the whole roll I had just shot.
I developed the roll anyway -- no keepers.
Slowing down and not getting caught up in the excitement around me would have helped. Most of the cars I had shot left at that point too.
Missed opportunities I guess.
 
Loaded a film cassette with film and put the knob out the wrong end. Before that Got up to 27 exposures before I realized I had no film in the camera. At least I am not the guy that developed a roll of film in fixer.
 
I have a spare roll of kodachrome, so I guess I’ll shoot some pix for the Last Roll of Kodachrome project.
When it returned from Dwaynes, a rolled film strip and a bunch of cardboard mounts were in the envelope.
I thought jeez, Dwaynes is cutting corners on their kodachrome processing.
Turns out I double exposed the roll. No lucky mistakes neither. Dad-gummit. :mad:
 
Ouch... I've done more than a few of those... But the one that really drives me screwy is forgetting that, just because it's in focus in the viewfinder, doesn't mean it's REALLY in focus. It's a particular pain in the botox when going back to a scale focus camera after an RF/SLR... I even do it with my Trip 35. And I KEEP doing it...

:bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:

(oooh, it felt good when I stopped!)

Adrian
 
feenej said:
At least I am not the guy that developed a roll of film in fixer.
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After a long tiring day that brought out a genuine laugh out loud.

And me, recently acquired a CV 21 Color Skopar and finder for my M6 TTL; - focus - yep, Nicely framed - check. Meter - Doh!

Steve.
 
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Grabbed the M6 with, I thought, ASA 400 b&w print film, shot away, and then discovered it was the one with ASA 100 Fujichrome slide film. Which means the other M6 I was using with it had...oh, you get the idea.
 
Once put fixer in the tank instead of dev. Was doing a Rodinal stand push as well, so just left it in for two hours!

Ended up with The Most Fixed empty negatives ever...
 
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