DWScott Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 <p>I thought I'd ask in this forum because it seems to have all the Polaroid/Fuji instant experts!<br> I just tried out a new (to me) Fuji PA145 back loaded with FP100B film. I'm shooting it on a Graflex Graphic View II camera.<br> See the samples below --- the problem isn't the exposure (that was my own fault, I'm new to the LF shooting process and was just fooling around.)<br> The problem is the dark strip on the right hand side of the image. I don't know what is causing the problem.<br> Part of why I included the mistaken exposures I made, is because they show that the dark strip is not actually black -- it just looks significantly underexposed, because the dark strip shows some detail in the prints that were accidentally overexposed.<br> From left to right, here is the info for the pictures:<br> 1. Metered at f/16 at 1/4 sec. Whoops, forgot to reset the camera aperture from wide open for focussing, down to f/16 for exposure. So the whole thing is overexposed, but you can see detail in the bar on the right.<br> 2. Tried again by simply resetting the aperture to f/16. But this time the sun came out, blowing my original metering and I didn't adjust. Overexposed again, but this time the black bar on the right is darker?!<br> 3. Finally dialed in the correct exposure for the new sunshine (f/22 and 1/10 sec.) But now that black bar is really black.</p> <p>Any ideas what is happening to cause that black bar?</p> <div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_mont Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 <p>Maybe something is up with the cameras shutter? Or maybe the chemicals are not reacting right in that area. I had a few pack of the FP3000B that were a fluke so maybe these are bad too?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWScott Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 <p>OK -- I figured it out. The all-Japanese instructions that came with the PA-145 left me a little confused about the order of things, so I was erroneously pulling the small white tab before making the exposure.<br> Of course, it turns out that the correct order is: remove the metal darkslide, make the exposure, then pull the white tab followed immediately by pulling the black film tab.<br> Hopefully my newbie mistake will help others. It's really simple to use packfilm, but the right things have to happen in the right order!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick j dempsey Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 <p>I think just about everyone screws up on their first pack!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_stott Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 <p>Their first pack? I screwed up at least my first three packs! Glad you found the solution quickly.</p> <p>Matt</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szrimaging Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 <p>I think I only screwed up 1 pack. Of course, there were later dates that I would screw one up here and there. It happens. Welcome to photographic waste. Perhaps good material to try some kind of emulsion lift with?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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