I have a nondigital SLR camera and I'd like to take pictures with it. I bought some Kodak film from the drug store but it developed blank. Do I need some kind of specail film?
Or maybe I need to take it somewhere special to get it developed.
* I don't have a dark room and don't intend on starting one.
* I'm not asking about digitial SLR cameras so don't tell me to buy one because digital is better.
Thanks! It's a Mamiya You shouldn't need any special film, but it might pay to check the manual so you can tell if the film has been loaded properly and is advancing when you wind it on. You don't say what camera it is, so its hard to be more specific. Some of my best shots were taken without the film properly loaded :(.
If it is not incorrect loading, you might have a more serious problem with the shutter not operating. Depending upon your camera, you can check the shutter at low speed with the back open to see that it is working. Not all cameras will allow you to do this simple check, and you will probably have to get it looked at by a local repairer.
There are some Mamiya manuals at the link below. Gosh, I always had good luck with Kodak film, but there is Fuji and Agfa you could try.
I'd guess there is a light leak in your camera body that caused the film to fail. Take it to a certified repair person and have them check it out.
Good luck, and happy shooting! If you didn't get pictures at all, there might be something wrong with the camera. -Any- film should give you some kind of pictures, even though they might not be perfect.
Open the back of the camera (without film in it of course) and look through the lens from behind while you point it at a light or the sky and click the shutter. Do you see light through it? Try it at different speeds and see if you can tell a difference.
The best kind of film depends on what kind of pictures you're taking. Films have a speed, slow or fast, depending on how much light you will have. For outdoors on a sunny day a slow film is better because the pictures will be sharper. For indoors or cloudy days you want a faster film.
Also films are made for sunlight, tungsten (light bulbs) or fluorescent lights. These lights look the same to our eyes but they are different colors to film, so if you use the wrong one there's a sort of tint to the pictures. You will also notice that sunlight is a lot redder just before sunset. This is another thing our eyes correct for, but film doesn't.
Anywhere you take film is pretty good these days, I find. They all use the same kind of machine.
There is no substitute for experience. Every roll of film you take, you become a better photographer. When the pictures come back and you look at them, you will learn from your mistakes!
Good luck! You have received some excellent answers. Buy any brand roll of film with the fewest shots to save money and re shoot.
If it happens again it's the camera. As they said before me, make sure film is loaded correctly. For every shot you take you should see the crank knob move, so you know your film is moving. digital is NOT better only different . When you load your camera make sure to see the film wind one complete turn on the take up reel before closing the back then as stated watch the rewind as you wind the film it should turn if the film is advancing. The quickest check to see if your film has been properly developed is check the edge printing on the film even if the film has never gone through a camera the numbers and edge printing should show up clearly on a properly processed roll. AND remember your film camera IS a better digital camera than most digital cameras on the market. | 