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<p>Thank you all for your responses. I think I've come to the conclusion that the camera may be the culprit here, since the film was in date & the negatives had edge printing, & the surviving images were fine. I'm going to have a look for either the Pentax K1000 or the Canon AE-1 later on.<br /><br />@Stephen Lewis, I'll definitely take a look, I'd only had a quick look for the 35me manual online to no avail. Such a good idea to digitise them.<br /><br />@Spencer Lange, Yeah I think I'm going to get a new one, I only really used the Hanimex to see how well the images would turn out. I'd been looking at the Pentax K1000 too, I'd read they're both highly recommended 35mm SLRs for beginners. Thank you for your suggestions!<br /><br />@Alan Marcus, Yeah the edge printing is present. Truth be told it could very well be my poor film photography skills too!<br /><br />@James Dainis, Yeah, that's what I thought. There were some that had bad exposure but they all had some level detail on them, which I found odd. I'll admit I was very guilty of forgetting about the lens cap with my DSLR, but unfortunately the Hanimex came with no lens cap, so it couldn't have been that.<br /><br />@Craig Shearman, Yeah they just apeared blank. I thought that was probably the case!<br /><br />@John Seaman, Yeah, that's what I found odd! It's only a little hiccup, I'm still very much interested in finding a better camera! And thank you for the advice, I'll try to look out for that.</p>

<p>Good Afternoon,<br /> I'm a total beginner to film photography, so my knowledge is a bit minimal I'm afraid! So, I was given an old film camera (Hanimex 35me, I believe) & I wanted to shoot some film to see how they'd turned out (I used Kodak ColorPlus film). I got four rolls developed & I've discovered that the majority of the images have come out blank. I mean, I knew for my first few tries I was going to be experimenting a lot, but how can I avoid this for future reference? Is it the camera's fault or was it the film? I mean, the photos that were developed came out pretty good, a bit of grain on some but that was to be expected. I am thinking of purchasing the Canon AE-1 which I know will improve the quality of the photos, but is this likely to happen again even with a different camera?<br /><br />I used Photo Express (http://www.photo-express.co.uk/) to develop my photos (I can't fault them - I also gave them a disposable camera I've had for half a decade at the same time, & they turned out brilliantly. They also gave great service, I posted the films late afternoon on Wednesday & they arrived back on Friday morning. Highly recommended!).<br /> Any help/advice would be much appreciated! Also, apologies if I sound completely clueless about film. I'm hoping to learn more as I go :)</p>