Why were the first 10 shots on my 35mm roll fine, but the rest came back fogged?
Asked 12/28/2024
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I used an Olympus AF-10 Super for a 24-exposure roll. The first 10 frames developed normally, but the remaining frames are heavily fogged/washed out. The camera also seems to drain batteries quickly, so I’ve been inserting the battery only when shooting and removing it after the roll rewinds. Could the bad frames be related to the battery issue, or is there another likely cause?
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Giulia
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It looks like the back of the camera was opened while the film was wound around the take-up spool in the camera. You can see the shadow of the tensioner attached to the pressure plate that is spring loaded and presses against the back of the film as it winds onto the take-up spool.
The reason the first few frames were fine is that they were wound tightly enough onto the take-up spool and the remaining layers of film wound outside of them protected them from the light when the camera back was opened.
This has nothing to do with the battery. It has to do with the fact that undeveloped film is always sensitive to light, and exposing it to any amount of light by opening the back of the camera when the film is not wound into the film's cartridge will fog the film.
One thing you might try regarding battery life is to be sure and close the lens cover completely when not using the camera. It's unclear from the Olympus AF-10 Super Instructions, but many such compact cameras will stay powered on when the cover is opened and only power down when it is closed.
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Michael C
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These are most likely two separate issues.
The fogged later frames were probably caused by opening the camera back while film was still wound around the take-up spool. Film that has not been rewound into the cartridge is light-sensitive, so opening the back will fog it. The first frames can survive because they’re wound more tightly and protected by outer layers of film, while the later frames are more exposed. The visible pattern/shadow is consistent with light reaching film inside the camera.
That problem is not caused by battery drain.
The battery issue is likely a separate fault or operating quirk of the camera. On compact point-and-shoots like the AF-10 Super, flash settings and power usage can affect battery life, but a battery going flat by the next day suggests a problem with the camera rather than the film itself.
So: the damaged frames are most likely from accidental light exposure when the back was opened before rewind was complete; the battery drain is a separate camera issue.
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