Recent content by CharlieT0909

Even I was struggling with the cold :D

Thanks for your input, it definitely didn't want to fire when it was too cold.

Thankyou Terry, just the sort of answer I was after. Hopefully the next lot of film will come out properly :)

Okay thanks :)

Thankyou for your input! Would you recommend taking 36 shots indoors and getting them developed to see if they develop properly?

Thanks guys, it is using a lithium battery currently but in Germany it was lasting about 1 minute before ceasing to function. Is this normal in such cold temperatures?

But even so, when it did fire; I heard the mirror go up, so unless something else got stuck because of the cold (like the actual cloth shutter).

I know the battery did get very cold, often I would press the button and nothing would happen so would take the battery out and warm it and then the camera would fire.

The 9 good shots were within the last 15 shots of the film, the rest were blank. And I've had a play around; fired it about 100 times without film in and it fired correctly every time. I also used an expired 36 roll of film and it fired and wound correctly every time so I don't believe it is a...

I'm pretty sure the film was loaded correctly and yes the edge markings are present. What do you think is wrong with the camera?

Yes the film name is written on the side of the blank films.

Hi all- my name's Charlie and I'm brand new to this site! :) I've joined this site because I am struggling with one specific problem and I can't seem to find a solution to it. I am very new to shooting film so wonder if there is a rookie error I am making! The problem is that I have just...