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- From: donl@glass.esd.sgi.com (donl mathis)
- Subject: Re: Idiot Mistakes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.214536.26362@odin.corp.sgi.com>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:45:36 GMT
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- In article <6705@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu>, 6500rick@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Richard
- J. Bessey) writes:
-
- |> Well, I am afraid I am setting myself up here for something.
- |> I don't know how it happened, but it did. It just happened.
- |> I opened the back of the camera exposing the pictures I had
- |> already taken. (I was using TMax 400, B&W).
- |>
- |> I have done this before (I can't believe I am saying this) with
- |> Ektar 1000 color and my pictures actually came out.
- |>
- |> Now here's my question. I am going to develop the film tomorrow
- |> hoping to find something. (Ok, so that wasn't a question.)
- |> Should I do anything different to increase my chances of
- |> getting an image, perhaps in the pictures that were coiled up
- |> on the right? (More agitation, maybe? Different mix of developer?)
- |>
- |> If you have any suggestions, mail or post as soon as you can.
- |>
- |> Thanks in advance (and after too!).
- |>
- |> Rick
- |>
- |> I was stupid for a minute, but I am better now, thanks.
-
- You shouldn't feel so bad the first time. The second is a little more
- embarassing. There's nothing like seeing that film staring back at you
- when you open the camera back. Then, after a few (er, quite a few) 4x5
- sheets get exposed by pulling the darkslide with the lens still open
- from focusing, at $1.50 or more a pop for the color stuff, then one
- might think about (1) eating better, so as to avoid light-headed absent
- mindedness, (2) getting enough sleep, and (3) thinking a bit more
- carefully about what one is doing while one is doing it... But enough
- about me. :)
-
- No, don't do anything special with the film; you can't do much to
- remove the light that's already there. Film, fortunately, is pretty
- good about that. Just process it normally. You'll probably lose at
- least a couple of frames, but you'll probably still get most of the
- roll.
-
- You can print the bad frames and put them up on the wall somewhere
- you'll see them often, to remind you of just how fun photography can
- actually be.
-
- - donl mathis at Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA
- donl@sgi.com
-