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puffball

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Jun 14, 2004, 12:42:50 PM6/14/04
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I just shot 4 rolls of kodak gold 100 for a friend's wedding. After
developing at a local lab, the first two rolls turned out, and the
last one also came out well, but the third roll, only the first 4
shots came through. The rest of the negative was blank. The edge
markings (Kodak and frame number) was there, but the frames were all
blank. Does this mean that the Kodak film was inproperly
manufactured? I don't think it's my camera (Pentax PZ-1 SLR) because
the counter still counted, the motor and the mirror did not sound like
it was stuck, the last good frame in the negative was NOT black
(multiple exposures of the same frame) and it rewound properly at the
end of the roll. It's not the developer because the negative edge
markings developed properly. The pictures were shot outdoors on a
sunny day and I did not adjust anything on my camera for any special
settings.

Anyone experienced this before?

Jim Nason

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Jun 19, 2004, 10:14:20 PM6/19/04
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It means the photographer made an error. No exposure was made. The
film in your cassette came of a huge spool of the same film base and
emulsion. It isn't going to start to malfunction at frame 5.

Robert

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Jun 27, 2004, 9:41:26 AM6/27/04
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It is also possible that you had too much light although it is strange
that all the pictures came out the same way.

Cliff

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Jul 13, 2004, 5:24:30 AM7/13/04
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Stuff certainly happens! I was contracted out to do a country &
western fashion walkway. Had never done it before but went the day
before and shot a lot of film. All the different walks/positions etc.
using only one gal. Next day, new batteries/films/etc. I had several
frames that weren't worth a hoot on each roll. Only thing is that
either the flash wasn't putting out enough or it actually didn't fire
at all. Murphy's Law.


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Jim Nason

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Aug 13, 2004, 10:25:52 PM8/13/04
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On 2004-06-14 12:42:50 -0400, jonchi...@yahoo.ca (puffball) said:

Photographer error. Film doesn't go bad all of a sudden. Those edge
markings are exposed in the same emulsion as is on the rest of the film
. Clear frames=no light on film. Lens cap on lens? Lens not
properply mounted on camera? Flash Sync shutter speed not set
correctly? Flash batterries dead? And so forth.... not likely the film
or processor....


Robert

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Aug 23, 2004, 9:33:25 AM8/23/04
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Jim Nason <jenhome somecommoncharacter comast.net> wrote in message news:<2004081322255243658%jenhomesomecommon...@news.comcast.giganews.com>...


Was there one multiple/over exposed frame (black negative) at the end
of the good ones and before the unexposed ones? I mean, was the film
failing to wind on? Are the sprocket perforations torn anywhere?

if it's an SLR then the OP can hardly have left the lens cap on!

Robert

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