Kino
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Just "finished" a brand new roll of Shangahi 100 in my Yashica 44 and it was pretty much a disaster from start to finish.
The roll jammed on the first exposure, so I took it to the darkroom and found the tape that was attaching the film was all bunched-up, so I did my best to detach it and smooth out where it attaches to the backing paper.
I then went out and shot 7 exposures, with 2 of them being blank due to my being unfamiliar with the advance system of the 44. That was my fault, but the camera jammed again on the 8th exposure, so back to the darkroom and totally unspooling the film and reattaching the film to the backing paper once again.
By now, I am sure it's all scratched or marked-up, but I was determined to shoot the roll.
I reloaded the film, advanced beyond frame 8 and shot 2 more frames before it jammed again.
Guess I'll stop there and try to process this roll, but I don't get any warm fuzzies when looking at the other 9 rolls I have left to go...
The roll jammed on the first exposure, so I took it to the darkroom and found the tape that was attaching the film was all bunched-up, so I did my best to detach it and smooth out where it attaches to the backing paper.
I then went out and shot 7 exposures, with 2 of them being blank due to my being unfamiliar with the advance system of the 44. That was my fault, but the camera jammed again on the 8th exposure, so back to the darkroom and totally unspooling the film and reattaching the film to the backing paper once again.
By now, I am sure it's all scratched or marked-up, but I was determined to shoot the roll.
I reloaded the film, advanced beyond frame 8 and shot 2 more frames before it jammed again.
Guess I'll stop there and try to process this roll, but I don't get any warm fuzzies when looking at the other 9 rolls I have left to go...