Why do some photos from my Olympus OM-1 have a green fog or cast?

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I’m new to film photography and recently started using an Olympus OM-1 with Fujicolor 200 color negative film. The camera seems to work, but many frames come back with a strong green fog/cast, while others look normal. What usually causes this on color negative film, and is it likely a camera issue or an exposure problem?

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Your exposures are under exposed.

Prints made from under exposed images often have a green fog or tinge. It is an artifact from an attempt to make a "useable" print from a very thin, under exposed colour negative.

Increase your exposure time or illumination and the resulting print will sparkle with beautiful colour.

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This is most likely underexposure, not a special film defect. With color negative film, a very thin underexposed negative can still be printed by the lab, but the correction needed often produces muddy color, low contrast, and a greenish fog/cast.

Because it only happens on some frames, the most likely cause is inconsistent exposure rather than every roll being bad. Try giving the film more light: use a slower shutter only when safe from blur, open the aperture more, or shoot in brighter light. If you’re metering manually, double-check the meter reading and your ISO setting.

Color negative film is fairly forgiving, but there’s a limit. Once a frame is badly underexposed, the lab can’t fully recover clean color and density. If future rolls exposed a bit more generously look normal, that confirms the issue.

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