clairepeterson

Thanks for those. I think we can acquit the AE-1. If you have more of the same film, maybe you could quickly run off a roll and try another place for processing. Since you put a 'u' in colour, maybe you're in the uk? I've had good results from Peak Imaging in Sheffield. Good luck!

Thank you very much! I am from the UK indeed :) I'll give Peak Imaging a spin! thanks a lot!

I think it's a bit early to condemn the camera. I see there is some detail all the way to the bottom of the frame, and the density is graded from there to the top without an obvious edge. So I see no reason to suspect the mirror, and certainly not the edge of a case (you'd see that in the VF). I think this is either bad film or bad developing.

 

OP said 'keep having the same problem when I try to work with colour film'.

 

..so have you had good pictures from this camera with B&W film, or have all the films you have taken with it been bad?

Also, have you had any good film back from this processor; and are these your own scans (and how did you do them), or done by the processor?

 

It would be good to see the negatives, as James suggests.

Below I've attached some black and white images I took with the same camera. These were scanned in by a specialist, the colour scans were scanned in using my crappy printer/scanner I had to hand haha. I've had no good colour film back from this processor, the black and white film I get processed by another company. And yeah, I'd say the negatives look kind of dense.

Hello claire. The film looks underexposed. It also appears underdeveloped.

 

How old is the film? Did you develop it? If so, which chemicals did you use, and how old were the chemicals?

The film is brand new, I didn't develop it myself I took it took my local camera specialists to be developed so I have no idea what chemicals were used either :(

Hi there. I'm new to 35mm film and keep having the same problem when I try to work with colour film. I use a Canon AE1. The particular film used here was Fuji Superia 200.

I was wondering if someone could help me out and tell me what I'm doing wrong :)

Thank you!