LF mistakes made so far

[Robert Hall]

My 2 favorites seem to be pulling the wrong dark slide in camera and getting home to find that what ever shot "that" was wont turn out due to lack of film in the holder.

(I've used LF for 35 years, if you were wondering about us novices)

[Richard Kelham]

I was using my FKD 'camera' at the weekend. The shutter, such as it is , works by blowing and sucking to open and shut barn doors within the bellows. This time, whilst trying to complete an exposure of around 1/10th [some home!], the tube flew out my mouth making the exposure around 5 secs as i scrambled to find it !!!

I guess the technique when that happens is to first stick your hand over the lens, replace the dark slide, then look for your tube!

Still, I dare say we've all made most of the mistakes recounted in this thread at some time, mostly a long time ago. Mostly



Richard