help!! - blank films!

[jess anderson]

I took two rolls at Christmas on my Olympus film SLR. When they came back from being developed one was fine but the other came back blank. I assumed I had accidentally exposed that film in some way and put it down to personal error (I only took up photography 'properly' last summer). The next two films came back fine so I thought that this was the case. But I have just got back from town where I was NOT a happy bunny to be informed that the roll I took over Easter for my riding school's website (photos they paid me to take for them) was blank.

What would cause a film to come back blank?? I was sure my camera was working properly, it felt and sounded normal when I wound the film on after each shot, and the shutter was working fine. It also had a brand new battery quite recently. Is there anything that could be wrong with my camera that is causing this, or is it most likely that I accidentally exposed these films? I can't recall doing anything that would have done that, but maybe I did.

 

[Boss_BlueAngels]

Oh my goodness, that's aweful! I don't know much about Film, but did you accidently have the wrong settings at all? Maybe too hi/low of a shutter speed and everything was just too under/over exposed?

Sorry about that.... hopefully you can find the culprit soon!

 

[Southern Cross]

What lab are you using? I've seen lab operators unintentionally expose undeveloped film to light before processing them.

What model camera are you using? Are you sure the film was on the uptake spool? Is your uptake spool worn?

Did you do something unusual like hand them a roll of unexposed film by mistake and the exposed roll is still in your bag?

Honestly, if you felt the film tension as you were winding, my bet is on user error at the lab.

Have you thought about going digital? At least you see what you get as you are shooting.