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What happened to this roll? (lemmy.world)

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HP5+ in Rollei Supergrain 1:15. Shot on Rolleiflex.

I’ve shot several rolls over the years with a similar process, this time the roll was likely a bit jammed from the get go and stayed in the camera for a bit too long (8 months at least).

The lack of contrast was expected, the underexposed frames are a bit of a surprise, but the main issue I’m having with this is the highlighted area, I’ve never experienced this before.

I’m thinking that the roll didn’t load on the spiral properly and so the developer couldn’t access that part of the film, can anyone confirm or give me more insights?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've seen that before. Developer not reaching the film was the culprit. Likely the film was "dented in" on the developing reel letting adjacent layers touch each other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ok thanks, that’s what I thought. It did feel weird cranking the reel, I tried a couple times to get a smoother load but no luck!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This looks like two problems. Problem one, the developer didn't reach the film on the last strip. Secondly, it looks like the winding mechanism inside of your camera is broken. I have never seen images being this unevenly spaced.

Edit: I based this on virtue of the first two strips, basically having one picture and massive spaces of nothing on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Doesn't look like the roller jammed else you'd see more pulling and tearing at the edges. This is peeling in the middle. Could be either just a bad production roll, or an old expired roll that was exposed to a lot of humidity? That would cause the layers to peel like this.