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Dec 13, 2017 06:25:07 #
Same thing happened to my Dad. He had no experience with a 35mm, but was going on his honeymoon and asked to borrow my F3. Showed him how to use it and got a call from Hawaii that he was having a problem. Walked him through it again. He came back with all blank rolls.
Dec 13, 2017 06:41:13 #
rehess wrote:
Back in 1971, after I'd had a 35mm camera for abou... (show quote)
I really pulled a good one. I think this tops all.....!
I had inherited a medium format camera. I was in the middle of designing an annual report brochure for a rather large company. There were about 25 executives that needed to have their pictures in the report. I set up the shots, seamless backdrop, etc, and one by one, I shot the exec's. Like I said, the camera was new to me, and when I loaded the film in, I loaded it in BACKWARDS! Both rolls of film. When I got back the prints, every print was black. Naturally... I was mortified. The dilemma.....should I tell the truth?
Ha....no way. I went back to the company and told them I needed to reshoot, because the fluorescent lights turned the images green. They bought it, (thank goodness.) The new batch of pictures were flawless and so was the design of the annual report. Needless to say, I made a lot of money on that project, and I never made that mistake again.
Rich...
Dec 13, 2017 07:39:27 #
I had the same issue in 75 when I switched from my old Kodak Retina to a new Minolta SLR. The Kodak spooling method was intuitive but not the Minolta. I am truly sorry you had to relearn the tensioning lesson, something I don’t miss about film.
Dec 13, 2017 07:53:02 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
The worst 35mm camera to load (That I still have) is the Leica 111c. Loaded from the removed base-plate (no hinged back) A good habit, was to tension the rewind knob, to watch it revolve when winding on the first two blank frames. One had to trim the half-width lead piece of film very precisely. by using a cutting guide.
Dec 13, 2017 07:56:42 #
Or, like I once did with my Nikkormat, you could be in a hurry to change rolls of film and when you flip open the back cover, there's the film you forgot to rewind, now exposed to full daylight. You only lose the last 4 or 5 shots with decreasing amounts of orange around the edges of the rest.
Dec 13, 2017 08:04:44 #
I don't remember that happening but it must have, I always advanced the film before closing the camera back. Better to lose one frame than all those pictures you didn't take.
Dec 13, 2017 08:09:25 #
Do not be surprised if it happens again. We tend to repeat mistakes.
Now, if you use digital you know that unless there is no memory card in camera you will get your shots.
Now, if you use digital you know that unless there is no memory card in camera you will get your shots.
Dec 13, 2017 08:12:15 #
Yep. Been there; done that. But it's not limited to film. A friend and I drove up north to visit a wild animal sanctuary. It was quite a ways away and a rather expensive entry fee. She discovered that her camera didn't have a memory card in it! We were miles away from the car! And we discovered that she didn't have an extra in her bag either. She's one of those who keeps every card as shot and simply keeps purchasing new cards. I got her a card carrier that attaches to the camera strap for Christmas!
Dec 13, 2017 08:26:15 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
rehess wrote:
Back in 1971, after I'd had a 35mm camera for abou... (show quote)
One weekend, when I was in the Air Force in the 1960's, I was assigned Alert Photographer duty. Our base commissary warehouse caught fire; so I quickly grabbed my Nikon F, loaded it with Ektachrome and raced to the scene. Once there, I got one of the firemen to escort me into the almost fully engulfed building where I started taking pictures; probably the best and most exciting I had ever taken before or since. After a while, it occurred to me that I had been shooting allot of exposures on a 20 exposure role and I looked at the counter. It was at either one or zero - I don't remember which. I tensioned the rewind knob and it went limp. By the time I reloaded the camera, the fire had fully engulfed the building, everyone was pulled out of the structure and I could not go back in. Needless to say that after that experience, I always checked for rotation of the rewind knob and verified tension on the film before I started to shoot.
Dec 13, 2017 08:50:19 #
rehess wrote:
Back in 1971, after I'd had a 35mm camera for abou... (show quote)
I can certainly relate to that experience! But as another post read, 46 years between errors is a pretty fine record!
FWIW, "Back in the day", after closing the back I carefully took up the slack with the rewind and then while leaving my finger on it, advance to the first frame. If I didn't feel any movement, there was a problem.
Dec 13, 2017 08:52:16 #
It can happen to the best of us...and probably has if you shot roll film...
Best,
Todd Ferguson
Best,
Todd Ferguson
Dec 13, 2017 09:58:52 #
Dec 13, 2017 10:00:53 #
Erv wrote:
At age 69, nearly 70, I seem to forget things.It is hard getting old isn't it.:):):) I think we all did that at one time.:)
Dec 13, 2017 10:05:12 #
Memories. Sometimes I would go beyond the 36 -- and then discover I'd pulled the film free of the reel in the canister.
Dec 13, 2017 10:12:39 #
If I limited my mistakes to just one time, they would have committed me long ago. 
Good story!!
Mark
Good story!!
Mark
rehess wrote:
Back in 1971, after I'd had a 35mm camera for abou... (show quote)
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