Spent 2 hours trying to figure out why my test roll came back blank

Spent 2 hours trying to figure out why my test roll came back blank. I loaded a roll of Ilford HP5 into my Pentax K1000, shot a whole afternoon at Zilker Park in Austin, then developed it and got clear strips of film. Turns out the spool never caught and I never advanced the film once. Anyone else waste a whole day on a rookie mistake?

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drew_west1d ago

The first time I shot a roll with my Nikon FM2 I did the exact same thing at the Dallas Arboretum. 36 exposures of nothing but my own stupidity. At least you got some nice blank strips to frame on the wall right? Did the spool just spin free when you tried to advance or did it actually give you that fake resistance feel?

jesse_thomas271d ago

That fake resistance is the worst.