 Katie Fox |
Film mostly blank? I have a Nikkormat FT3 that my mom had stashed away in a closet somewhere. While I love photography, so far all I have is a good eye, and no real understanding of the equipment involved. I recently developed a roll of film for the first time at school, and it was mostly blank (the last picture on the roll was just fine, I think 2 were just barely visible, and the rest had nothing). The teacher in there doesn't really know what he's doing and had no answers for me, so I came to you! I don't know if this is a problem with the camera itself, or certain settings, or the developing process. I guess because they were blank and light they could have been overexposed. I know no light got in while I used the black bag, but the canister I used to develop leaked a little even while locked shut... perhaps light got in that way? I apologize if this question sounds silly, but I am at a loss, and any possibilities one of you may offer would be greatly appreciated ^^. I'd like to have SOME idea of what's going wrong before I go off to take more pictures.
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BetterPhoto Member |
Try tripping the shutter with the camera back open and see if you can see light through the aperture. Try different speeds and aperture sizes (if any adjustment, sorry, not familiar with the Nikkormat cameras) and see if you can tell the difference in shutter speeds and aperture sizes at a slower speed. This should eliminate the camera as the culprit. Walrath Photographic Imaging
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Jon Close |
>>"... I guess because they were blank and light they could have been overexposed. ..."<< With negatives (b&w or color print film), blank/clear film means underexposure. Little or no light got to the film. Either the shutter isn't opening, or you may have set the shutter speed too fast (and or aperture too small) for the light available. Color slide film would give the opposite result, where a blank/clear film would be due to extreme overexposure.
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Kerry L. Walker |
Mostly blank = underexposure? Sounds like my mind!
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Katie Fox |
Thanks guys! The camera seems to be in good working order, I think I must have spaced out and ignored my lightmeter. At least I learned more about how cameras work in the process (which is worth it even though I lost some of the pictures I got scraped up climbing to take :P)
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