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Black Negatives I just got a set of prints back from the camera shop. The first six negatives were solid black. At first I thought maybe something was wrong with the camera or I may have inadvertently done something. However, I noticed that there were no lines separating the frames. The first 7 or 8 inches of negative strip was black. Does this look like a lab mistake, or could there have been a problem with the camera or myself. I do know that the back was not opened.
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John A. Lind |
Look at the negatives, both the solid black strip and your other ones. You will see the film type and frame numbers along the very edge of the other ones. If you cannot see these on the solid black strip, the film was exposed to light. The first 3-4 inches at the very beginning of a 35mm film roll should be solid black. If you have to manually load film onto the takeup spool it will be slightly longer than auto-loading cameras. It is exposed when you load the camera with film. With this length at the beginning, there are two possible causes: 1. Someone opened the camera back just after the film was loaded, but probably no more than after the first frame was shot. -- John
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