Funny film moments

[Jaans]

I went into a local camera shop yesterday to procure some fixer. I asked the young female sales assistant if they had any 'fixer', however she thought I said 'pictures'. She then kindly gave me a brief summary of their printing prices from memory cards.

When she had finished I told her that I meant 'film chemistry' and she quickly replied that the only film cameras that they stocked were holga point and shoot cameras.

I thanked her and decided not to ask if they stocked light boxes:bang:

 

[pitadotcom]

well i was shooting a 24exp roll of superia 400 one night as there was a political rally i wanted to cover. as i finished this roll, i realised my m3 had stopped winding. i remembered reading about winder stuck problems on these older models and went to dinner sad (because my camera had only been CLA'd the month before) the next day i got my uncle to have a look and he too couldnt figure it out so he referred me to an analogue camera repairer. as we tried to trouble shoot the problem, he recommended that we remove the film so we do so. after taking it out, it suddenly started working again and i was in shock. that is when i see the 24 on the cannister.... i usually shot 36exp and didnt remember this was one of the few 24exp that i had bought recently..... failboat.... hope my story wasnt too long

 

[om.ch]

I had just bought my first Contax G2 and, after excitedly having set the camera to rewind with leader out (easier for dev), shot the first roll. Time comes to put the second roll in, take shot film out, puts it on the table, move in to take the new roll and drop it in the camera... only to realize that I cannot for the life of me remember which one is the just shot roll and which one is the new one.

To make a long story short, I developed a blank roll of film and ended up doing a roll of unintentional double exposures. :bang:

 

[Denverdad]

I had just bought my first Contax G2 and, after excitedly having set the camera to rewind with leader out (easier for dev), shot the first roll. Time comes to put the second roll in, take shot film out, puts it on the table, move in to take the new roll and drop it in the camera... only to realize that I cannot for the life of me remember which one is the just shot roll and which one is the new one.

To make a long story short, I developed a blank roll of film and ended up doing a roll of unintentional double exposures. :bang:

Classic! Somehow I managed to escape ever getting any double exposed rolls, but I certainly have experienced the frustration of getting back a blank roll once or twice. 🙄
Fortunately for me, it is a lot harder to make that mistake with the 120 roll film that I use nowadays.

 

[kokoshawnuff]

I've had one accidental double exposure roll. From a raunchy parade in New Orleans and a family brunch. Quite strange to see the two together.

 

[muser53]

Makes me appreciate that my local shop (Looking Glass Photo in Berkeley) would answer the fixer question by replying, of course we are a photography shop after all. 🙂

 

[dogberryjr]

I had home-spooled film in my camera and when I got up to frame 34 or 35, the winder got a bit stiff, but kept pushing it. Yup, straight out of the canister with everything on the take-up spool as if it was a 120 camera.

For the record, even in in a changing bag, you cannot get the film off an MP's take-up reel.

 

[Denverdad]

I guess you could say that my anectode fits into the "from the mouths of babes" category. For a long time now, I have occassionally (cough, cough) found myself in the position of exposing and developing "test" rolls. This has included experiments like running personal EI tests, checking camera focus on some of my vintage cameras, and troubleshooting development problems I have had. For the most part I have learned not to discuss such experiments in online forums, just because its so annoying having to put up with the inevitable "stop being so anal and just shoot some pictures" quips. Of course its no secret that people compelled to inject such vitriolic comments are all just a bunch of trolls, anyway! 😉 Well one day, my 5 year old (at the time) is trying to understand why I am intently poring over yet another collection of unremarkable black and white negatives on my light table, consisting mostly of walls or newspapers or back yard bushes and fences and what not. I no longer remember my explanation as to why I was doing this particular test, but I do remember his reaction. He looks up at me, exasperated, and says, "Daddy, when are you ever going to stop testing and start taking some real pictures!" 😱 (Ouch!)