I can’t believe I screwed up this bad. I checked out my Nikon FM2 as thoroughly as possible before loading some (apparently) bad B&W film in it, then headed out to try to photograph anything that moved on steel rails in St. Paul MN. Waited in my nice warm car while the snow flurries still came down (we had 2 to 3 inches of the nice powdery white stuff this morning) and finally along comes a BNSF intermodal. Everything was OK, right? Wrong. The film would not advance. At all. Zip.
Came home and decided to tra***he film, then re-decided to use it for target practice and tried twice loading and re-loading it back into the camera and tried to advance the film. Same results. Seems to me I had some really bad film, but will take it in to a reputable camera shop tomorrow and have them check it out also.[:(]
Wow, that must have really p.o’s you!! That sucks!
Did you try to move the film by placing a screw driver in one of the ends of the spool?
There is a chance there might be some corrosion around the spool or on the inside of the cannister. This doesn’t happen often but if there was some condensation on the inside of the can it might be the problem.
If you do break it loose, I wouldn’t use it for fear of leaving chunks and dust on the inside of the camera body.
I would sue the maker of the film for destroying my enjoyment. [:(]
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Originally posted by lrenee
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That really sucks… Good reason to go digital!!![:-,] Of course, then you could have bad batteries, bad memory cards… [sigh]
Did you try to move the film by placing a screw driver in one of the ends of the spool?
What I did was to use the roll of film for “target practice” - - a term once used by myself and others selling camera equipment in the pre-digital days. I pulled a length of film out of the canister, rolled it back in (did not see anything that clearly indicated a problem), then put the film back in the camera and, leaving the back of the camera open, tried advancing the film normally. There was a sense that the film just did not want to advance and was very tight on every turn. As I have never had this problem before with this camera, I still suspect the roll of film… a problem with a Nikon fully manual camera? Heaven forbid!
So now you can get out the can opener and take the end off the roll and search for any signs of manufacturing problems and send it back to Kodak for a refund!!!
There might be a burr on the metal lid where the spool ends come through the press on can end.
Yes, I have a few rolls for target practice around the house. Even some 120 rolls to practice spooling film onto reels for processing of B&W. They do not get much use since I replaced my light tight box for my Nikon glass with a FUJI S3 digital body.
or a a dead pixel on sensors, which is a digital version of a scratch, only a scratch is in only one picture and a dead pixel is in every one
You still have a good-working FM2? Lucky you! That is one tough little camera.
Yes, I still have a Black-body Nikon FM2 I purchased in 1985 from the Nikon Representative while I was selling camera equipment back in St Louis MO and it really is one tough little camera as it has been everywhere with me since 1985: from Georgetown KY to Kansas City MO to Minneapolis/St. Paul MN and several other places. When I purchased the camera, I surprised the Nikon rep by requesting a 35mm, F2.0 lens instead of a 50mm lens, and later I purchased an 85mm, F 2.0 lens as back then I was using a lot of Kodachrome 64 and K-25 as well. I recently purchased a roll of Fuji Velvia 50 and I do not yet own a Digital camera. Maybe some day I will. [;)]