Smart Move, riiight.

[kmack]

We may want a sticky, "Stupid move of the Month" thread.

I'll start :bang:

For Christmas my wife gave me a bulk roll of FP4. It has been sitting in the refrigerator waiting for me to load it into one of my bulk loaders. Well last night I finally got around to loading it. I am sitting in my office, changing bag on my lap, with my Watson loader already in the changing bag. I am listening to NPR on the radio and just going through the motions. I cut the seals on the box, pull the black plastic bag out of the box and pull the film out of the black plastic bag, Into the light.

I stare stupidly at the roll half out side of the bag, stuff it back into the bag and start making incoherent gobbling sounds.

I loaded it anyway, sacrificed the first 4 feet or so and then rolled two short rolls to test to see how bad I had fogged it. The good news is that while it is crispy around the edges most of it seems to have survived.

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I can see myself doing this. Good job.

 

[jan normandale]

lucky you! Damage control worked this time... ;- )

 

[sf]

Almost did that once, changing the film for Panavision camera we were using down in CA on a film. Changing those things is sketchy, sweaty, scary (because it costs so much and the material costs SO much to reshoot). I did manage to kill timecode that day, by pressing a seemingly harmless button on the back of the sticks.

I did, once, actually turn the light on while taking film out of a box and loading 4x5 holders because I "couldn't see what I was doing" - weak brain. Lost a few sheets, but nothing used.

 

[Kyle]

I did that a couple weeks back. I made a special trip to Freestyle Photo in LA (it was about a 4 hour trip counting the traffic) to buy some bulk film... 200' of Arista Pro 50 (rebadged Pan F), 100' FP4, and 100' HP5. I got home and like an idiot I pulled a roll of the Arista Pro out of the black bag. I think I assumed that it was in a metal tin, like some of the other bulk films I saw at Freestyle. It was only $16 for 100' so I just shrugged it off as I still had 100' left. I used it to practice loading the bulk loader. I also cut a couple feet off and used it to teach my brother how to load film onto a steel reel for developing.

 

[Trius]

kmack: Well, I've done that kind of thing, but your method of saving what you could was great. Thanks for the tip!

kyle: "trip into LA" ... "counting the traffic" .... sorta redundant, eh? 😛

 

[Kyle]

kmack: Well, I've done that kind of thing, but your method of saving what you could was great. Thanks for the tip!

kyle: "trip into LA" ... "counting the traffic" .... sorta redundant, eh? 😛

Haha... yeah, I guess. Actually, the traffic wouldn't have been that bad, but I decided to pick the big rainy day to drive out there. :bang:

 

[rover]

I had a Tower Type 3 camera which I bought for the Nikkor lens screwed on the front of it. I wanted to shoot a roll of film before reselling the cam so I could in good conscience say that it worked well. I was almost done with the test roll when my son started showing a real interest in it. I jumped right up to show him the camera, let him hold it, anything to fuel his interest in photography. I won't push, but when an opportunity arises....

Well, he was asking a lot of questions when, "Where does the film go?" Shot out of him mouth. Without skipping a beat I turned her over, took off the bottom plate, and looked at the exposed test roll. :bang:

The second roll I shot with the camera came out pretty darn good if you ask me. 😉

We all have our moments.

 

[kmack]

kmack: Well, I've done that kind of thing, but your method of saving what you could was great. Thanks for the tip!

kyle: "trip into LA" ... "counting the traffic" .... sorta redundant, eh? 😛

Thanks, I hope no one ever has to use it.

I was lucky, it was night and the room light was rather dim.

 

[Finder]

I sometimes get confused about which comes first, rewinding the film or opening the camera.

But I did have a friend how was confused about which side of 4x5 film the code notches were. He kept testing the exposure times and developing the film in a processor. He could not believe the length of the exposures and was having a hard time getting sharp results. But what would you expect when having the anti-halation backing facing the lens.