![]() THE PROBLEM: Your negative was exposed to light for too long, making your negatives too dense. If the underexposure is not too intense, you can adjust affected frames in a photo editor such as Lightroom or Photoshop to get "passable" images. You might also want to shoot a test roll to get a better handle on exposure in general. HOW TO FIX IT: Get yourself a light meter so you can adjust your camera settings correctly for different lighting scenarios. ![]() Your negative film will be very faint/see-through. HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT: Your scans will look dark/faded, grainy, and have very low contrast. THE PROBLEM: Your negative was exposed to light for too short a time to record a well-defined image on the film. ![]() Sound familiar?Įvery film photographer has witnessed a dreaded film scan anomaly, from strange lines and dots to discolored images to portions of the image being blacked out.ĭon’t be left in the dark when it comes to your film! Let Richard Photo Lab break down the causes and solutions of common film developing & scanning issues for you.īONUS: If we spot any of these issues in your film order, it will be noted on Richard's Film Report that you'll receive with your scans letting you know what we saw, and on which rolls! You download your film scans, you start flipping through the image files, and then you spot it-there’s something… weird on your scan.
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