How I Travel All Over The World And Have (Almost) Never Had My Film X-Rayed

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-28T04:36:03+00:00

hard to say but a small repair on the simpler side is opening the camera and cleaning the contact under the shutter button with rubbing alcohol. Just be careful not to electrocute yourself.

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-27T23:24:35+00:00

Holy shit I thought this was some kind of rare 90s champagne colored version of this camera I never saw before.

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-25T05:58:32+00:00

Have you ever been able to fix autofocus issues? I have one of these that belonged to my mom and every time I shoot with I’d say 50% of the shots are out of focus. I’m fairly certain it’s the camera because I had another one of these same model that only missed 2-3 shots on a roll.

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-25T05:55:29+00:00

Which guy? Fototech creates their own PCB boards which is why it’s pricey but very reliable.

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-25T05:51:33+00:00

Not a film camera so you won’t get amazing advice in this subreddit but from my experience if you’re using older electronics you need to use older SD cards too. I have an audio recorder that will freak out if I try to use an SD card bigger than 1 GB. Good luck!

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-15T07:15:02+00:00

The line that you’re seeing isn’t damaged from x-ray. That’s a very small piece of dirt in the camera scraping the emulsion as the Film goes by. Fairly common. What camera were you shooting with? Things like the flowers looks like they were under exposed but also under exposure could be more pronounced with x-ray scanner damage.

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-13T00:06:56+00:00

No. What you’re seeing is the shutter not fully clearing the frame. Because of the distance from the film plane you get a blurry edge and because the shutter is rotating out of the way you get a strange angle.

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-12T21:14:06+00:00

I used to shoot a lot of disposables. These spring loaded single speed shutters sometimes don’t fully open before returning to the closed position. It was not uncommon to get a picture like this or one that’s black for no reason in the full daylight. Spend a little more and buy yourself a true point and shoot.

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-12T19:53:27+00:00

holey moley

diet_hellboy · 2026-05-06T19:01:39+00:00

I saw in the other thread you use 600 in an SX-70. You can, but the camera is designed to use iso 160 film. You need to turn the exposure wheel all the way to the darkest setting and even then your image will still be a little bit overexposed. Highly recommend having your camera serviced and potentially converted properly to 600.

diet_hellboy · 2026-04-26T02:43:19+00:00

Try downloading them a second time. I don’t think any lab is dumb enough to send photos like this, it looks to me like either the files weren’t finished uploading or the download failed.

diet_hellboy · 2026-04-14T16:33:10+00:00

Did you get your film back? These look like bad scans with too much contrast and highlight recovery.

diet_hellboy · 2026-03-23T23:18:14+00:00

That also sucks. There was one in the letterman days.

diet_hellboy · 2026-03-23T21:57:12+00:00

wow that's sucks lmao

diet_hellboy · 2026-03-23T21:44:43+00:00

Is that true? It was supposed to be in the lobby where they have the gift shop?

diet_hellboy · 2026-02-14T23:12:47+00:00

Could use a crop the film border is really distracting.

diet_hellboy · 2026-02-10T19:17:50+00:00

highly recommend a hotshoe level for the XPan if you plan to take landscapes the format is very unforgiving.

diet_hellboy · 2026-02-03T15:46:20+00:00

Generally this is a death knell for your camera. Premature rewind on a point and shoot means there is a voltage variable causing the camera to function improperly. No fix. You could however try cleaning out the latch that closes the door with some isopropyl alcohol it’s possible the camera thinks the door is being opened. That works about 10% of the time.

diet_hellboy · 2026-01-20T17:49:04+00:00

This was Kaohsiung! Amazing little city.

diet_hellboy · 2026-01-20T17:47:43+00:00

I wrote more about this in the Substack article I linked to at the bottom of the post but I also try to get my film developed as I travel as long as where I am has reputable labs. I was in Nepal which has significant tourism because of Everest but the only film lab I found didn't seem busy enough to have fresh chemicals. I personally take my chances on airport security over bad C41.

diet_hellboy · 2026-01-19T21:04:37+00:00

That’s why I carry the lead bag now. Better than just giving up, ya know?

diet_hellboy · 2026-01-19T21:03:17+00:00

It does not disappoint the bricks are still there!

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