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Smcgarvie
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Username: Smcgarvie
Post Number: 1
Registered: 06-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 03:49 pm: | 
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I recently purchased a Miranda Sensorex EE camera.I loaded film and started taking pictures.When I received the processed film back,it was completely blank.The shutter and winding all seemed to work good.What happended and how do I fix it? |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 313
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 07:49 pm: |
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The only way the film could come out COMPLETELY blank is if
(1) the shutter did not open at all, or
(2) the film slipped off of the takeup spool (or the film advance mechanism failed) and it did not travel through the camera.
(1) is very easy to check: Open the back, point the camera at a light, set the shutter at 1/1000 and fire while looking through it. If you see the light through the shutter, it's opening. If it opens at 1/1000, it will open at the slower speeds too, but you can check those just to be sure.
As for (2): when you reached the end of the film, did you get to a point where the wind lever would not advance to another frame, or did you just stop when the counter got to 36? If the latter, it is possible that the film had never gone through the camera.... either because it slipped off of the takeup spool, or because the film sprocket clutch is worn out and the sprocket is not advancing. |
Charlie
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Username: Charlie
Post Number: 78
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 05:56 am: |
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You can always load a junk roll of film and advance and expose a few frames with the camera back open just to see if the film is really moving through the camera or if a clutch is slipping as Rick suggests. (Pet peeve, cameras that allow shutter to cock and fire when film is not advancing.) |
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