flippyot
Vagabond
So I had a project that went horribly wrong.
I visit a few orphanages in my area and around a few weeks before X-mas some of the Marines in the area do a Toy's for Tot's event, but it doesn't get too much attention so I planned on helping them out by 'documenting' it and then sending off the pics to a local paper/ new agency and hopefully getting the attention that this event needs to grow.
Well of the I had 2 developed at a local shop, stop by and pick up the rolls and I ask for the contact sheets. They tell me that there aren't any, I wasn't mad at first until they told me why. One roll had been double exposed and the other was blank and they said I had probably unloaded it wrong😱...
I was in complete shock because:
1) I have only managed to double expose film with a Holga.
2) I have not loaded or unloaded a single roll of film incorrectly since 2003 (I got a new camera and didn't check to see if the film had caught and one time I popped the back off in a rush to reload with another roll😱 ).
To make matters worse when I get home and examine the double exposed film and I find out that the pictures I really wanted to send out were on that roll of film.
Now for the twist.
When I look at the other roll I noticed that towards the end of the strip there was part of a frame that looked like it was exposed to direct light before being developed. Now at first I questioned whether or not I did unload the film incorrectly, but then knowing myself and my procedure for loading/unloading film I know it could not have been me. So now I'm left with either a cracked film case or an incompetent technician (who only mentions the unloading process and not the possibility of a messed up camera).
I'm just praying that nothing like this happened to the rest of the rolls.
Also any idea on how the double exposures happened? I was using a Bessa R with Fuji Superia film. The start of the film the double exposures are pretty apparent while towards the end they sort of fade to a ghost like appearance. I've never seen this with my Holga.
I visit a few orphanages in my area and around a few weeks before X-mas some of the Marines in the area do a Toy's for Tot's event, but it doesn't get too much attention so I planned on helping them out by 'documenting' it and then sending off the pics to a local paper/ new agency and hopefully getting the attention that this event needs to grow.
Well of the I had 2 developed at a local shop, stop by and pick up the rolls and I ask for the contact sheets. They tell me that there aren't any, I wasn't mad at first until they told me why. One roll had been double exposed and the other was blank and they said I had probably unloaded it wrong😱...
I was in complete shock because:
1) I have only managed to double expose film with a Holga.
2) I have not loaded or unloaded a single roll of film incorrectly since 2003 (I got a new camera and didn't check to see if the film had caught and one time I popped the back off in a rush to reload with another roll😱 ).
To make matters worse when I get home and examine the double exposed film and I find out that the pictures I really wanted to send out were on that roll of film.
Now for the twist.
When I look at the other roll I noticed that towards the end of the strip there was part of a frame that looked like it was exposed to direct light before being developed. Now at first I questioned whether or not I did unload the film incorrectly, but then knowing myself and my procedure for loading/unloading film I know it could not have been me. So now I'm left with either a cracked film case or an incompetent technician (who only mentions the unloading process and not the possibility of a messed up camera).
I'm just praying that nothing like this happened to the rest of the rolls.
Also any idea on how the double exposures happened? I was using a Bessa R with Fuji Superia film. The start of the film the double exposures are pretty apparent while towards the end they sort of fade to a ghost like appearance. I've never seen this with my Holga.
