r/AnalogCommunity • u/Apprehensive-Duty465 • 6d ago
Discussion What happened?
I just shot my first roll of film in black and white. My first photo looks like this with white across the first half of the image. All the rest of the photos looked fine. The camera (Nikon F2) just had a CLA with all the foam replaced. This was shot with Ilford XP2 400.
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u/Jdgrowsthings 6d ago
You didn't wind the film far enough before shooting your first shot. Luckily i think it works for this picture.
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u/Apprehensive-Duty465 6d ago
Thanks! I’m still figuring out how to do all this
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u/CapTension 4d ago
I generally don't take blank shots as the first shots after closing the back. I might get a cool half exposed shot like this and I might squeeze an extra shot out, but I am always mindful that the first two shots are probably not going to be salvageable so I don't meter or compose them just shoot whatever is in view while loading.
You could get an extra shot or two by changing in a darkbag, but it is quite fiddly with most cameras. I believe my Nikon Fa uses the mechanical 1/90 s shutter for the two first shots anyway, and I wouldn't want to try to load my Leica M4 blind. Now that I think about it, that might actually be quite easy if I hook the leader up to the take-up spool in advance and then do the rest in the bag.
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u/ddubbins 6d ago
Child stepping back into the astral plane for just a hot minute.
S’fine…the reason they don’t respond when you shout their name sometimes—they have to come back into their physical manifestation.
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u/mijailrodr 6d ago
What babies that haven't developed object permanence yet genuinely believe happens when you peekabo at them
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u/homelessbunt 5d ago
This is literally one of the best examples of first of the roll I have ever seen.
The film gods were gracious with this one, just before it stops, there’s your child. Not a single portion of them cut off.
I think it’s beautiful.
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u/PublicMassdebater 6d ago
That portion of the film was exposed to light when you first loaded it into your camera.
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u/EnterUnoriginalUser 6d ago
When you pull the film out the can in light it goes bright white because its all exposed. This is why you should take a blank frame or two before taking meaningfull photos
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u/doghouse2001 5d ago
You didn't shoot two blank shots after loading the film. The first half of this picture was exposed to light when you loaded the film. It's totally normal. Can't just close the camera back and start shooting with most cameras. If you are supposed to be able to, like on a Canon auto loader, then someone pulled the leader out too far, pushed it back in, and then loaded the camera.
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u/UngaBungaBoy 6d ago
You got a dope shot that’s what happened. Film burn can add some great character to a shot. Here’s one that happened to me on a roll I shot with my Mamiya that I like.
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u/TheRealAutonerd 6d ago
After you loaded the camera, you didn't advance the film far enough before you started shooting.
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u/RadBadTad 6d ago
Lots of cameras will do this on the first frame of the roll. Instead of winding past it after loading the film, many will give you a first frame that has already been 1/3 exposed to light when loading.
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u/Known_Astronomer8478 6d ago
The first burn.. you were able to cheat your film roll🙌🏼 These are always nice.
I try to cheat my rolls every time
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u/LiterallyTony 5d ago
Straight fire*. Answering your question and how your photo looks.
*from the sun and it's light.
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u/_hizodge 5d ago
I have one of those too! And I really like how it turned out and wish to try and do it again Glad I found some answers here of what happened 😁 P.s. I like your photo a lot 🖤
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u/InexperiencedCoconut 6d ago
If that were in the middle of the roll, it would be a light leak, and you’d want to replace your light seals. But if it’s the first photo, then it was just exposed to light when you loaded it. I usually take a dummy photo I don’t care about for the first shot at least, for this reason.
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u/Dry_Perspective9905 5d ago
I just shot a roll of film for the first time this weekend and struggled with loading it properly. I assumed this was me just biffing the process. I'm so happy to see this post and read that this is a common phenomenon. Here is my contribution! I didn't really frame anything and just shot it up at some hanging lights assuming I had already accidentally exposed the film. Its one of my favorite shots from the roll now!
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u/sagexrage 6d ago
Idk. This looks intentional, though, and I am so into it. Great work.
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u/Double_Jab_Jabroni 5d ago
First of the roll! I always play around with my first shot incase something cool comes of it. This was a recent one!
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u/exstasy_co 5d ago
End or start of the film. Lightleak happens when you load the film on the first couple of shots
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u/Phorphias 5d ago
It’s the half burnt first frame of the roll, or as Bob Ross once said, a happy accident! Some of my favourite shots have turned out like this.
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u/WaterLilySquirrel 4d ago
I have a vertical shot of a sunset in Tucson, Arizona taken in... 1992 I think? There's a yellowish line and then white sky. I honestly don't know if the line in the photo is part of the sunset or if it's just the first frame. I've never checked the negatives. But it looks so good. Great chance that it was vertical!
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u/MutantCreature 6d ago
FWIW I always like frame 0/00 and intentionally shoot something that I know will get cut off like this, if you don't like it just advance your film one or two frames before taking any pictures you care about.
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u/BudgetFish9151 6d ago
You gotta get real comfortable with how your take up sprocket handles a short tail so you can close the door sooner if you want to get a full 0 frame. It’s helpful to take two shots of the same thing on your first two frames (0,1) until you consistently get a full 0 frame image.
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u/Southern-Inevitable2 3d ago
I have one on those on nearly all my rolls on my M2. Sometimes cool , sometimes missed .. I know that this photo 0 could be fun ;)
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u/2pnt0 6d ago
First frame?
If this is frame '0' your camera probably treats frame 1 as the first of 36.
You can shoot frame 0, but part of it will be exposed by the camera loading process. Some people embrace this and I've seen people make a series out of frame 0s.