Hi I am totally new to 4x5. My positives are coming out black. I have reviewed my procedures with the help of your tutorials and the results are the same. I am focusing and composing, selecting f stop, making sure I close the lens, metering, selecting shutter speed, cocking the shutter, loading the QuickLoad with the lens side of the film facing forward, removing the cardboard sheet, exposing the film. Afterwards push the cardboard in and remove the film in the envelope. I am going over the steps in my head and I can not find my error. I would like to propose there is a problem with the film but I in my first batch ever I got 4 or 5 fairly well exposed frames out of 30. Today I got my second batch and I got zero out 20 plus frames. Really disappointing! I sent the film both times to Calypso Imaging in Santa Clara, CA.
I am sure the error is mine. I would be most appreciative if you gentlemen could give some direction. Maybe there is something silly and obvious to the experienced but not to me.
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