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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Certain Exposures View Post
    Sure, the film holder isn't in all the way. It's hard to recognize at a glance - even in real life.

    I have trouble inserting it fully because my back sticks a lot. If I push too hard my flimsy tripod dances around.
    Hold the bottom of the camera with your other hand and press the film board in hard.

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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    Practice will get you where you want to be.
    Don't give up or get too discouraged.
    I did a double exposure last month and have been at this game for decades!

    Best to you Certain Exposures,
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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    I didn’t get the holder in all the way once when I was in high school. I think it was 1965 and 4x5 was new to me. Pull the back out a little when inserting the holder then listen and feel for the click when the light trap and rib on the holder engage. You’ll get used to it.

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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Certain Exposures View Post
    Have any of you ever done this? How many lashes do you give yourself when this happens?

    https://imgur.com/a/0Qsgup3

    This is the third time I've done it. The other two times I was rushing for a couple fading light landscapes.

    Also, why can't we share an image in a comment with the "insert image" feature?

    Edit: The film holder isn't in all the way!
    I'm guessing that mistake has more to do with the camera you have. My 4x5 has a pretty positive feel when it seats.

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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kiwi7475 View Post
    I’ve never suffered this issue — but most others over the last many years….

    Perhaps the most frequent one is to forget to stop down to the desired aperture after metering (from wide open for focusing) so I really over expose and waste the shot.

    I’ve also confused myself by not placing the dark slide in the right orientation — causing double exposures.

    Also labeled the film inside the holder wrong — thereby causing all kind of issues including developing slides as black and white.

    I’ve also forgot to cock the shutter and not realized — developing thus an empty negative; in others I’ve caught myself wandering if it made the right noise and then deciding to try again ending up with a slightly off-aligned double exposure of the same scene.

    I’ve also applied movements past the lens coverage, ending up with black corners.

    I’ve also forgot to remove red/orange/yellow filters on the lens when changing to color negatives.

    I’ve also shot with empty holders on one side. Haven’t shot yet with two sheets on the same side!
    That list looks awfully familiar to me

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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Alan Klein View Post
    Hold the bottom of the camera with your other hand and press the film board in hard.
    Thanks, I'll try that.

    Quote Originally Posted by darr View Post
    Practice will get you where you want to be.
    Don't give up or get too discouraged.
    I did a double exposure last month and have been at this game for decades!

    Best to you Certain Exposures,
    Darr
    Thanks! I will keep it up.


    Quote Originally Posted by Don Dudenbostel View Post
    I didn’t get the holder in all the way once when I was in high school. I think it was 1965 and 4x5 was new to me. Pull the back out a little when inserting the holder then listen and feel for the click when the light trap and rib on the holder engage. You’ll get used to it.
    Good point. A tug upwards would have made it obvious, thanks.

    Quote Originally Posted by jtomasella View Post
    I'm guessing that mistake has more to do with the camera you have. My 4x5 has a pretty positive feel when it seats.
    Yes, maybe. I get a "seated" sensation when it's not fully seated. I'll have to learn to work around it.

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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    There are so many opportunities to make mistakes with large format, that anyone who says they didn't or don't is probably not being truthful! I've made plenty through the years.

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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    I never ever ever made a mistake while shooting LF. Except that one time, I put a bunch of holders in my "dad shorts" you know deep pockets, side pockets, etc. And I was by the riverbed somewhere in Arizona. I bent over, and whoosh, the holders somehow jumped all on their own out of my pocket and into the river. And also that other time ....
    Well, I guess maybe a few more times I made a mistake.
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    Re: This is the most common mistake I make with my 4x5 camera. Am I alone?

    Yep, that's a good guide.

    Quote Originally Posted by Axelwik View Post
    There are so many opportunities to make mistakes with large format, that anyone who says they didn't or don't is probably not being truthful! I've made plenty through the years.
    Preach!

    Quote Originally Posted by ericantonio View Post
    I never ever ever made a mistake while shooting LF. Except that one time, I put a bunch of holders in my "dad shorts" you know deep pockets, side pockets, etc. And I was by the riverbed somewhere in Arizona. I bent over, and whoosh, the holders somehow jumped all on their own out of my pocket and into the river. And also that other time ....
    Well, I guess maybe a few more times I made a mistake.
    RIP to your holders. I may or may not have baptised a medium format camera by accident...

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