Everything that could go wrong did go wrong ...

[ornate_wrasse]

It was a warm (in the mid 60's) fall day in Portland, OR. No rain for a change 🙂, so I decided to go out shooting with my M3, my Mamiya 6 and my D300 DSLR. I had just bought my first ever circular polarizer for my 17-70 lens for my DSLR and wanted to try it out. The idea was to catch some of the beautiful fall colors at one of my very favorite fall shooting locations using a combination of saturated color film and digital.

When I got to the destination, things started to go wrong:

1. I realized that I'd left my camera bag with the DSLR, 17-70 lens and circular polarizer at home. :bang:

2. I then started to shoot with my Mamiya 6. There were only a few images left out of 12, so I finished shooting the roll and proceeded to change to the fresh roll of Ektar 100 I'd brought with me. When I ripped open the packaging of the Ektar 100, I realized that the film inside was wet. I then remembered that I'd put several rolls of this film in my cooler on my trip to Zion National Park to keep it cool in the 100 degree temperatures. But the ice in the cooler had melted. I never imagined that the film inside the coated wrapping paper of the Ektar would get wet. Obviously I was wrong, as I now noticed when I tore open the wrapping paper on the roll of film :bang:

3. I then proceeded to use my Leica M3, which I'd saved for last as I was using a fast lens (Nikkor 50 1.4 LTM), which would be perfect for the fading light in the late afternoon. A friend, who no longer shoots film, had given me several rolls of Velvia 50 and I'd taken it out of the freezer before I left the house to use it to capture the fall colors. I opened the canister and, lo and behold, it was not a roll of Velvia, but was instead a roll of Provia 100F. :bang:

Has anyone else had a similar day of shooting?

Ellen

BTW, if anyone knows if I can still use the film even after it was wet, I'd love to hear the wisdom of others regarding this situation.

 

[Spicy]

We've all been there. At least you weren't stupid like me and burn through almost 2 rolls with lenscaps on.




Part of the fun, at least for me, is the challenge of making the best of what you've got.

Sounds like you had a tricky day -- anything decent should count as satisfying, though 😛.

 

[pakeha]

yep, two bodies to a sports fixture, one loaded with colour - or so I thought, one with B/W.
So 72 frames later I am rewinding and there is just no pressure - no film. Oh well at least i got the B/W. Get home and all ready to develop and I open the WHOLE lid to pour developer in. Had a lot of other stuff on my mind. Some days you are the pigeon, some days the statue.

 

[ornate_wrasse]

We've all been there. At least you weren't stupid like me and burn through almost 2 rolls with lenscaps on.

Well, I've come darn close to doing the same thing. Went through a portion of a roll once with the lens cap on.

Part of the fun, at least for me, is the challenge of making the best of what you've got.

Sounds like you had a tricky day -- anything decent should count as satisfying, though 😛.

Yes, I'm hoping that the Ektar shots and the Provia 100 shots came out. If they came out decent, I'll post them here.

Ellen

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Frame counter going past 40,
Opening camera with film in it,
Shoot with lens cap on,
Expose with the wrong ISO in mind,
Invert day-load tank with cross-threaded lid,

yep, been there, done that, just not all in one day though 😱

Some days you are the pigeon, some days the statue.

I am SOOOOO stealing that line 😉

 

[sleepyhead]

I think that going out of the house with too much, or too varied, equipment makes me more prone to mess ups, and perhaps there's an element of that in your story.

Lately I try to go out with only one camera/system/film selected with a specific subject in mind, plus an auto-everything point and shoot to cover any unexpected photo opportunities.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Ellen: only the mediocre are always at their very best. Maybe you are now "predisastered" (thank you John Irving) for your next outing. Chin up. I try to make no mistake more than once . . . ;-)

 

[Noll]

At least you didn't lose anything or get robbed.

 

[zuiko85]

Just north of you here in Olympia, my fall story not as dramatic. Went out to shoot bright fall leaves with B&W (on purpose), forgot my medium yellow filter, shot anyway, leaves render as too dark.


Otherwise, through hard experience, I've learned never to go out with more than one format or camera. I'm old and easily confused. Sometimes with the Leica M or one of my SLR's I'll carry an extra lens but that is about it. I will on occasion have my DSLR along to use as a meter for whatever film camera I'm using.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Pull out the camera to shoot at the group breakfast. Hmm... won't shoot. Funny error indication I hadn't seen before. I wonder what's wrong? Oops, no memory card!

I was reduced to shooting with the iPhone.

 

[John E Earley]

On vacation I went out to shoot scenery with my ETRSi and my D90. When I got there I found that I had forgotten the battery for the Bronica and the card for the D90. Fortunately it wasn't a long drive to go back and get them and I didn't miss the good morning light.

 

[oftheherd]

I realize this is a short thread so far, but I was hoping I would read a problem someone had that I had not yet experienced. No such luck.

I think that anyone who has not made a mistake in a job or hobby, just hasn't been at it very long.

Hope you have made enough 'mistakes' for a while and none plague you for a long time.