Greenish hue to my Provia 400X

[antonyg]

I used a Canon EF SLR Camera this weekend and I used Provia 400X. And nothing short of disaster struck. My film got torn at the end of the 34-36 exposures. The teacher, opened, my Camera to remove the film. He thought the Classroom was Dark, but alias after a while my eyes got used to the prevailing light, and I could see him in silhouette. He said to me that maybe the last frames would be fogged. He at the time,said some of the film was already re-winded in, and safe from fogging. However, my Camera has no motorisation, as everything is manual, I find it hard to belief this had happened. However, when I got my slides back, 33 of the shots were mounted, inferring the Laboratory, were sort of happy that an image had been formed. I was of the opposite view !

However there is a green taint on all my slides, as if there had been some reciprocal failure with them. Some of the pictures seem to consist of large blobs of uniform toned green, with a skyline, and others seem exposed correctly, but with varying degrees of tonal green, akin to how black and white films works. I admit there may have been over-exposing for the sky in some of my 210mm Landscapes, re the blobs of green land. I admit this article was written in haste as tomorrow I will ring the Chief Laboratory worker for a fuller answer. And Yes the film had not expired, expiring 01.2010

Any suggestions please

 

[Anon Ymous]

I'm not sure if I fully understand what you wrote, but I might have an explanation. Where did the stray light came from? Was it from a fluorescent lamp? If so, that would explain it.

 

[Chan Tran]

The box that the film came in is green isn't it?

 

[2F/2F]

Try another roll, without fogging it this time...and don't ever let anyone else touch your film or open your camera.

Your instructor is an idiot, by the way. I guess he has never heard of the fact that light exposes film, and film must be handled in complete darkness. Doesn't the school have a film loading room or a changing bag?

 

[antonyg]

I rang up the Lab, and was told the film was exposed to subdued light in the classroom. the last 3 frames, were torn and were not mounted, but strangely there were near the quality I had wanted, ie no green colourisation was on them at all. I was told that they had been exposed to the light the least time, when the Camera had been opened. I have gone to a High Lab, who will scan some on a 6 by 4. Results and extra expense tomorrow

 

[benjiboy]

Try another roll, without fogging it this time...and don't ever let anyone else touch your film or open your camera.

Your instructor is an idiot, by the way. I guess he has never heard of the fact that light exposes film, and film must be handled in complete darkness. Doesn't the school have a film loading room or a changing bag?

+1, I have a Canon EFand to load the film you attach it to the takeup spool by putting the film tip in one of the slots in the takeup spool wind the film once to ensure its wound round it and the film perforations engage with the film transport sprocket, gently turn the rewind crank clockwise to make sure the film is tight, close the back and keep winding without fireing the shutter with the wind on lever until 0 apears in the film counter window ensureing that the rewind knob rotates.
P.S. and dont forget to press the little chrome button ( not the red one, that's the battery check) on the camera base before trying to rewind your film .