Film shot on Mamiya RB67 coming out green

[Alexander Souabni]

Hi there,

This is my first post here so not sure if I've put it in the right category.
Anyway, I have just bought a Mamiya RB67 SD and took it for a spin yesterday. I get it delivered at one of the only places they develop film in Dubai and all I can see are all my pictures have a massive decoloration, massively green. no natural colours whatsoever. Here are a couple of examples:

Now I would've thought it was a film issue, but I developed a 35mm film from my Pentax K1000 a couple of months ago but still had the similar colouring issues, which makes me think that the scanner they are using is the problem rather than the film I'm using.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as this is confusing me quite a bit!!

Thanks,
Alex

 

[Dan Daniel]

If two rolls from different cameras show the same color cast, then I'd agree with you that something is off in the scanning. We could talk about white balance and the gray dropper in Photoshop but we aren't allowed to discuss D-word stuff in this forum. You should talk to the film lab! Call them up, send them a file, ask what they can do.

Welcome to the forum. Hope the RB67 is working well for you.

 

[jim10219]

The only way to tell if it’s a scanning or developing issue is to check the negatives. You could scan or photograph one against a light table and post it here for someone to check if you like. My guess is scanning. Though, I’d probably just find another place to develop your film either way. That place obviously doesn’t do any quality control.

 

[WilmarcoImaging]

Alexander, the lab did the scanning, is that right? To me it looks like the film mask is not properly dealt with in post processing. There also appears to be some mottling in the sky on the first image, which might be a processing/chemical defect. It can be seen throughout the image. The agitation or chemical concentration does not seem to be correct.

The histograms on the first image appear significantly clipped, particularly the blue channel. This tells me that the scanning or postprocessing step should be looked at.

Here is a very simple version with auto white balance. The blue channel is lacking data in the shadows, and this likely occurred in the data capture (scanning) step.

 

[Dennis-B]

I ran your image through some software and got this result.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Two different films developed at different times, means that there are scanning problems. You need to take the negatives and the prints back and talk to the manager about the problem.

 

[film_man]

Yes that, different cameras, different films, different formats they probably have the same chemicals from the first roll and haven't even bothered checking the scanner...

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

You must have picked up one of the RB67's that shoot B/W film only.

 

[paul ron]

You must have picked up one of the RB67's that shoot B/W film only.

hahahahaha you mean green n white.

its the lab, or where you got the film from but definately, not the cameras

expired film?... no?... then lab issues!

scan the negs on your scaner or thake a digital pic of the negs to post for us to see?