Recent content by chrisrc

Thanks David, it's an excellent camera. I've learned a lot so far from having to set the exposure and focus manually. When you say "Light leak" Could this be caused by me opening the back door and exposing the end of the film?? The first roll had no light leak at all! It's the battery that...

Hi Keith, Yes, I thought the film was fully rewinded when I opened the back but there was maybe 20cm of film exposed... I didn't think it would affect the whole roll though!!

More from the same roll:

The OM1 has a light meter, which seems to be work... so the exposures were calculated from that. The fact that the first (expired) roll appears OK would lead me to believe it's not a fault with the camera though? I don't think the roll was fully wound in before opening the back but would that...

Hi all, firstly I am a newbie to Film Photography. I picked up an Olympus OM1 with a 50mm lens, I shot a roll of expired Fuji 200 + new Fuji 400 and left both in to my local shop to be developed with surprising outcomes. Roll 1 - EXPIRED 2012 Fuji 200: Contrast a bit of but generally not to bad...