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Nesster · 05-14-2011, 09:13 AM

In honor of Britney

and our OOPS moments around film... I thought this would be a nice way to collect these moments without starting new threads each time...

So: Film camera and equipment and processing OOPS. Inclusive of the OOPS I Bought One Again items that may be too embarrassing to deserve their own brag-threads but should be properly interred nonetheless.

I'll start: I put Foma 400 in the XE-7 (and thoughtfully rated it at 230), thought I double checked that it was moving, in fact OPENED THE BACK AND RESET IT, and then took 24 pics... good ones some of them... no end to film, so I figure, maybe it was 36... then, panic, had I broken the film? I pack the dark bag with camera, tank etc.. The film hadn't moved in the transport at all.

These things do happen to everyone... so don't be shy! Share your D'Oh!

Nesster · 05-14-2011, 09:22 AM

I should mention, in the OOps I bought One Again category, that I absolutely hate 135mm lenses. Therefore I think I have something like 6 or 7 of them.

One night I saw a "HOYA" 135/2.8 in Nikon Ai mount on the bay. Remembering that the Hoya 135 measured better than a Pentax-M, I put my $9 in. Naturally, nobody else bid.

In the morning, looking at the picture more carefully, I suspect what I'll receive is a Sears "Macro Zone" lens... which macro zone may be useful as a variable-soft lens control.

But this is... say #8 or so in a focal length I abhor.

**boriscleto** · 05-14-2011, 09:28 AM

Burned by the seller reading the filter and not the lens

rbryant · 05-14-2011, 10:01 AM

Last week I was shooting some Legacy Pro (Neo Pan) and finished the roll. I swore I felt the rewind lever spin faster and easier as if the roll was all the way rewound. Opened up the camera to see unwound film. D'Oh! The frames I ruined were undoubtedly the two or three keepers on that roll. :-/

Nesster · 05-14-2011, 11:48 AM

turns out to be an ALBINAR, a clone of the Sears... and not an un-fun lens. I'll probably end up giving it away...

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/60263-sears-13...-question.html

Rob, yep, been there done that. Even worse, I've rewound the film in a Kodak Retina, stupidly while on the train so I couldn't hear the film shattering in camera.

Blue · 05-14-2011, 12:09 PM

what speed did I load in the 6x7 last week . . . 400nc or 160nc . . .

stevebrot · 05-14-2011, 12:28 PM

Originally posted by Blue

what speed did I load in the 6x7 last week . . . 400nc or 160nc . . .

I feel for you. I just finished up a roll in the Kiev 4A only to find that I had shot the last 10 frames of Legacy Pro 400 at ISO 200. That would not normally be a problem except that the other 25 frames were shot at ISO 800! Gonna be some serious density round here...

Steve

kc.virginia · 05-14-2011, 01:21 PM

Developed a roll of film and didn't understand why there was a huge blank strip, before I figured out that I forgot it was 36 exposures and not 24.... Doh.

stevebrot · 05-14-2011, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by kc.virginia

Developed a roll of film and didn't understand why there was a huge blank strip, before I figured out that I forgot it was 36 exposures and not 24.... Doh.

Sounds like a few of my encounters with the "dark-slide demon" when using roll film holders with my view camera. Funny how photos don't happen when light does not reach the film!

Steve

Bruspeed · 05-14-2011, 08:47 PM

I don't really know what I did, But I ended up with a whole role of these beauties. That is my son, and some coconuts, and what appears to be a rear view mirror? The other is my K-r one of my tulips and a mystery. Oops.

Nesster · 05-15-2011, 04:45 AM

Hmmm... leader left out, later forgot the film had been shot, and put it in the camera again?

Bruspeed · 05-15-2011, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by Nesster

Hmmm... leader left out, later forgot the film had been shot, and put it in the camera again?

Wow, you know, I thought the leader looked a bit rough, but assumed it was just from misshandling it. You're probably right.

Nesster · 05-15-2011, 09:32 AM

Don't ask me howcome I knew that

stevebrot · 05-15-2011, 10:04 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Bruspeed

Wow, you know, I thought the leader looked a bit rough, but assumed it was just from misshandling it. You're probably right.

That is why I generally fold the leader back against itself when I put the exposed film back into the plastic can. That way I know!

Steve

stevebrot · 05-15-2011, 10:04 AM

Originally posted by Nesster

Don't ask me howcome I knew that

Me too...

Steve

05-14-2011, 09:13 AM	#1
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	Oops, I did it again... Oops I Bought One Again... In honor of Britney and our OOPS moments around film... I thought this would be a nice way to collect these moments without starting new threads each time... So: Film camera and equipment and processing OOPS. Inclusive of the OOPS I Bought One Again items that may be too embarrassing to deserve their own brag-threads but should be properly interred nonetheless. I'll start: I put Foma 400 in the XE-7 (and thoughtfully rated it at 230), thought I double checked that it was moving, in fact OPENED THE BACK AND RESET IT, and then took 24 pics... good ones some of them... no end to film, so I figure, maybe it was 36... then, panic, had I broken the film? I pack the dark bag with camera, tank etc.. The film hadn't moved in the transport at all. These things do happen to everyone... so don't be shy! Share your D'Oh!

05-14-2011, 08:47 PM	#10
Bruspeed Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: The Biggest Little City in the World Photos: Albums Posts: 44	I don't really know what I did, But I ended up with a whole role of these beauties. That is my son, and some coconuts, and what appears to be a rear view mirror? The other is my K-r one of my tulips and a mystery. Oops. Attached Images

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05-14-2011, 09:22 AM	#2
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072 Original Poster	I should mention, in the OOps I bought One Again category, that I absolutely hate 135mm lenses. Therefore I think I have something like 6 or 7 of them. One night I saw a "HOYA" 135/2.8 in Nikon Ai mount on the bay. Remembering that the Hoya 135 measured better than a Pentax-M, I put my $9 in. Naturally, nobody else bid. In the morning, looking at the picture more carefully, I suspect what I'll receive is a Sears "Macro Zone" lens... which macro zone may be useful as a variable-soft lens control. But this is... say #8 or so in a focal length I abhor.

05-14-2011, 09:28 AM	#3
boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,477	Burned by the seller reading the filter and not the lens

05-14-2011, 10:01 AM	#4
rbryant Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Hanford, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 81	Last week I was shooting some Legacy Pro (Neo Pan) and finished the roll. I swore I felt the rewind lever spin faster and easier as if the roll was all the way rewound. Opened up the camera to see unwound film. D'Oh! The frames I ruined were undoubtedly the two or three keepers on that roll. :-/

05-14-2011, 11:48 AM	#5
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072 Original Poster	turns out to be an ALBINAR, a clone of the Sears... and not an un-fun lens. I'll probably end up giving it away... https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/60263-sears-13...-question.html Rob, yep, been there done that. Even worse, I've rewound the film in a Kodak Retina, stupidly while on the train so I couldn't hear the film shattering in camera.

05-14-2011, 12:09 PM	#6
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	what speed did I load in the 6x7 last week . . . 400nc or 160nc . . .

05-14-2011, 12:28 PM	#7
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by Blue what speed did I load in the 6x7 last week . . . 400nc or 160nc . . . I feel for you. I just finished up a roll in the Kiev 4A only to find that I had shot the last 10 frames of Legacy Pro 400 at ISO 200. That would not normally be a problem except that the other 25 frames were shot at ISO 800! Gonna be some serious density round here... Steve

05-14-2011, 01:21 PM	#8
kc.virginia Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Shenandoah Valley, VA Posts: 71	Developed a roll of film and didn't understand why there was a huge blank strip, before I figured out that I forgot it was 36 exposures and not 24.... Doh.

05-14-2011, 01:36 PM	#9
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by kc.virginia Developed a roll of film and didn't understand why there was a huge blank strip, before I figured out that I forgot it was 36 exposures and not 24.... Doh. Sounds like a few of my encounters with the "dark-slide demon" when using roll film holders with my view camera. Funny how photos don't happen when light does not reach the film! Steve

05-15-2011, 04:45 AM	#11
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072 Original Poster	Hmmm... leader left out, later forgot the film had been shot, and put it in the camera again?

05-15-2011, 08:55 AM	#12
Bruspeed Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: The Biggest Little City in the World Photos: Albums Posts: 44	Originally posted by Nesster Hmmm... leader left out, later forgot the film had been shot, and put it in the camera again? Wow, you know, I thought the leader looked a bit rough, but assumed it was just from misshandling it. You're probably right.

05-15-2011, 09:32 AM	#13
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072 Original Poster	Don't ask me howcome I knew that

05-15-2011, 10:04 AM - 1 Like	#14
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by Bruspeed Wow, you know, I thought the leader looked a bit rough, but assumed it was just from misshandling it. You're probably right. That is why I generally fold the leader back against itself when I put the exposed film back into the plastic can. That way I know! Steve

05-15-2011, 10:04 AM	#15
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by Nesster Don't ask me howcome I knew that Me too... Steve

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