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My Film Came Out Blank! I recently bought a Nikon FM, which worked fine until I got the rubber seals fixed, took a roll of pictures and went to collect them, none came out at all! What could have caused this, could it have been anything to do with the repair I had done?
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Bradford E. Anechiarico |
Usually the causes of blank film are that the film was not loaded into the camera correctly. If the leader of the roll of film does not catch coreectly on the advance it will not take the film to each successive frame and therefore will not expose it at all, thus leaving you a blank negative. That is the most likely cause, but of course there are the famous ones such as the lens cap was not on, the light was too low and the shutter speed too high, etc. Most likely, though, it was probably that the film was just not catching on the advance and not going forward. I would suggest just getting a cheap roll of film and taking some quick shots and getting them developed. Make sure that you get the roll wound around the leader catch (if you can, insert the film leader edge and then advance the frame a couple of times before closing the camera back to make sure it will catch and wind correctly. Since this is going to be a test roll those extra lost frames will not be worth worrying about wasting.). If that is not the case, then I would suggest contacting the people who did the repairs as they should fix their work. But if the negatives are truly blank, then it was not light leak from their repairs, but maybe the shutter was not opening instead. Let us know what happens!
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Dale Moreau |
A quick hint is that once you have threaded the leader onto the take-up spool and closed the back, take up the slack with the rewind knob. That way as you advance those first couple of frames to zero you will see the rewind knob turn indicating that your film is advancing on the take up spool as it should.... been there a few times myself:-)
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Claytanna J. Pirtle |
Hi. I know how you feel. Try this first (before you load the film). Open the back of the camera and pretend to advance like there is film in it. Watch the shutter. If it opens and closes...that's not the problem. Is the film that came out, clear or black. If it is clear, it could be the loading problem, but not likely. If it is black...it is a light leak. Loading is easier if you open the back, load and leave the door open and click and wind about 2 times. That way you know if wraps enough and still have plenty of lead before you start. Make sure the canister is sitting in the camera at the correct angle also. If the ( 6 ) hook end is up, the film with be black. Close the door and click about 2 more times. **Clear film could mean a problem with the settings. Could be very overexposed and just looks blank. Try bumping up the ISO (proper names escapse me) from say for 400 spead to 600 or 800. Bradford A. is leading you on the right track. I work in a photo lab and see lots of "silly" little things. I was convinced mine was ghosts because ALL of the pictures I took in this one old building..none would come out...just clear. Then I changed the setting in this building for light and Ta-dah..pictures. Hope this helps.
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