I just exposed my film: opened back after all the pictures were taken

Hey guys. I just made a huge mistake. I shot a roll of film about 5 days ago. After the last shot was taken, I accidentally advanced past the last shot and the film slipped, and I couldn't rewind it. I was going to take the camera into a black room and unload the film today.

But I have 2 cameras the exact same, one with the film, and the other empty. I made a mistake by opening the wrong camera. I had the back open for 1 second at the maximum before I closed it again.

What do you guys think happened. Is the whole roll ruined? I'm freaking out right now! :meh:

edit: the room only had sunlight coming through the window, with very dim lamp light as well. The room wasn't fully lit. Also, it was 100 speed film.

 

Well... it's likely you'll have SOMETHING. The edges of all may be fogged a bit, but not like the last few shots.

Good luck.

-Pete

 

i would agree with mike, just develop the roll, you may be very lucky and only a few frames will be completely fog

 

Good news everybody! :thumbup:

I only lost about 6 shots, looks like it went through about 2 layers. Everything else turned out. Although I still had more problems.

I developed with temperatures that were around 40C, 100F. I thought the water felt hot but the thermostat said 22.5C so I went with that. The water taps were broken. :thumbdown: I think that may be why the pictures seem slightly washed out. Not too bad, they still look good though. Not too happy on the actual shots though. I guess I'm going to have to go back and shoot some more anyways.

 

what do you mean "washed out"?

 

If your thermometer read 22.5°, how did you determine it was actually 40°?
And, "around" is not a very good tolerance. You should keep it at +/- ½°.

Is this black and white or color?

-Pete

 

There isn't much saturation, not much contrast. It could be over exposed, because this was an experiment that I wasn't sure how was going to come out.

The thermometer was slow to change degrees after I put it in, I didn't give it enough time to adjust to the water. It was around 40C because I didn't want to wait anymore until it dialed into the exact temperature.

It was black and white, which probably gave me more tolerance as well though.

 

"Saturation" is a term that only applies to colors. If you are talking about black and white, you are probably referring to "values".

 

Just a question out of curiosity after I looked at your list of equipment.

You have a Canon Rebel XTi and 50D bodies. Why to you have two dSLR's and which one do you use for what?

Thanks.

 

Hey apertureman. I started out with an XTi, then bought a 50D shortly after it was released. I gave my XTi to my dad. But I count my XTi because a lot of my pictures have been taken with it, and because I still use it if I don't have my camera and my dad has his, or my camera dies, etc.