my first roll in almost 20 year(sigh)

[bob2]

What a mess.It was a near total loss.I had a roll of 100 iso kodak vs done and a roll of 800 iso print.Dont get me wrong I did not expect much but was hoping for a few good shots.I have no idea how some ended upwith the lower half black and the top over exposed.There were 5 or 6 in the middle of the roll the I used a flash for and it has me stumped.Ill post one in the gallery Its kind of funny really,I had better luck with the slide film than print,go figure.

[copake_ham]

What kind of camera are you using? If you have shots that are 1/2 black and 1/2 over-exposed it sounds like there is a shutter problem.

[bob2]

konica t3.And you may be right.I am going to have it checked out tomorrow.i posted it in the crit gallery

[Konical]

Good Evening, Bob2,

I'm not familiar with the Konica T3. Does it use a Copal Square shutter? If so, your sync speed may be too high. (If you have a horizontally-running shutter, I'll leave the diagnosis to others.) It's not completely clear from your post whether "5 or 6 shots in the middle of the roll" are the ONLY flash shots or just five or six among other flash shots.

Konical

[DarkroomExperimente]

Yes, I think it does have a copal square

[k_jupiter]

Konical has it just about right if all your ruined shots were flash. On your speed dial, there is a number in a different color (I am betting). For flash syncronization, you need to shoot below that number. This number is usually 60 or 125 (250 if you shoot a Nikon FM2n). Anyhow, Try another roll, ASA 200 or so, we are not talking major investment here, and shoot at 1/60, use the flash to determine aperture.

Don't worry, 20 years? You've just forgotten a thing or two.

tim in san jose (15 years till retirement)

[eric]

Originally Posted by bob2

What a mess.It was a near total loss.I had a roll of 100 iso kodak vs done and a roll of 800 iso print.Dont get me wrong I did not expect much but was hoping for a few good shots.I have no idea how some ended upwith the lower half black and the top over exposed.There were 5 or 6 in the middle of the roll the I used a flash for and it has me stumped.Ill post one in the gallery Its kind of funny really,I had better luck with the slide film than print,go figure.

Bob,
PM me. I see you are using a Konica T3. I have a couple of T3's with one in perfect shape that I got CLA'ed from Greg Weber. I have a very nice Konica FT-1 that I am not using. Meter seems to be right on. Uses 4 AAA batteries. I don't need the FT-1 and these days, you can't even barely sell Konicas on ebay. PM me and we'll work out a deal with shipping. I just gave away a bulk film loader for a Starbux card.

[bob2]

My shutter was set faster than the sync speed.
I learned something so money well spent.

[copake_ham]

Originally Posted by bob2

My shutter was set faster than the sync speed.
I learned something so money well spent.

All's well that ends well.

And I have less time to retirement than you! Hah!

[bob2]

lol