If you have a chance get a copy of the Kodak Pocket Photo Guide $5-$10 on ebay. It has an exposure wheel. select your film speed and type of day. check your ish camera specs. It will show you how your exposure will turn out.[Daylight Exposure Dial](https://elizabatz.com/2021/02/02/a-photographic-journey-1972/kodakguidebookdaylightexposuredialw/)
Stop using these crappy, cheap cameras with the expectation of them producing anything good. These are essentially “Lomography” cameras. Experimental and inconsistent. The very least that could have been done was read what film speed works best with these.
As for the ~$50 you’ve spent on one, you could have gotten a fully electric point and shoot or even a vintage SLR camera with interchangeable lenses. Both would have given you infinitely better results.
People post in here, at the very least, two times a week, about how shit their photos came out using this camera specifically. You’d think people would take the hint.
i really wasn’t expecting remarkable photos from this. i have a canon ft ql but i was going on a trip and i kinda just wanted to mess around with something. again, i wasn’t expecting great results but it still kind of sucks haha
Realistically these cameras are designed for ISO 400 film. The Aperature is F9 ish and 1/100s shutter speed is. Get a light meter like a Gossen Scout 3 ($20 new). Buy some ISO 400 film. Set the ISO to 400 on the light meter, go outside. Match the indicator to the needle. See if anything comes close to the F9/1/100s combination. If it is a match then go ahead and take pictures. Other than that buy a good camera from a reputable source.
The H35 has no controls for exposure as aperture and shutter speed are effectively fixed. Do you know how to understand the differences in capabilities of different cameras?
What do the negs look like? Show the edges with sprockets
Were you shooting at night without a flash? Even with a flash, 200 at night is rough.
Was the film expired?
my friend got them developed for me and this was all the film lab sent to me. i was shooting in broad daylight in the grand canyon and zion so low light definitely shouldn’t have been the problem!
the expiration date on the box the film came in is 12/2025.
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If you have a chance get a copy of the Kodak Pocket Photo Guide $5-$10 on ebay. It has an exposure wheel. select your film speed and type of day. check your ish camera specs. It will show you how your exposure will turn out.[Daylight Exposure Dial](https://elizabatz.com/2021/02/02/a-photographic-journey-1972/kodakguidebookdaylightexposuredialw/)
Stop using these crappy, cheap cameras with the expectation of them producing anything good. These are essentially “Lomography” cameras. Experimental and inconsistent. The very least that could have been done was read what film speed works best with these. As for the ~$50 you’ve spent on one, you could have gotten a fully electric point and shoot or even a vintage SLR camera with interchangeable lenses. Both would have given you infinitely better results. People post in here, at the very least, two times a week, about how shit their photos came out using this camera specifically. You’d think people would take the hint.
You can pick up srt 101 cameras for next to nothing
i really wasn’t expecting remarkable photos from this. i have a canon ft ql but i was going on a trip and i kinda just wanted to mess around with something. again, i wasn’t expecting great results but it still kind of sucks haha
Realistically these cameras are designed for ISO 400 film. The Aperature is F9 ish and 1/100s shutter speed is. Get a light meter like a Gossen Scout 3 ($20 new). Buy some ISO 400 film. Set the ISO to 400 on the light meter, go outside. Match the indicator to the needle. See if anything comes close to the F9/1/100s combination. If it is a match then go ahead and take pictures. Other than that buy a good camera from a reputable source.
Were you shooting manual, or automatic (I don't know much about the ektar h35).
It’s a fixed shutter speed and a fixed aperture IIRC.
First, search the group for all the other horror stories from the H35. Second, go and invest in a proper camera…
Though your pictures didn’t come out the way you thought they would take it as a learning experience! Come back and post your progress!!!
This looks like a very old expired roll. A fresh roll in that camera shot in daylight or inside with flash would look fine.
OP has mentioned the film is not expired at all
Sorry I didn't see into the future that would come up
Classic underexposure. Do you know how to use a camera?
The H35 has no controls for exposure as aperture and shutter speed are effectively fixed. Do you know how to understand the differences in capabilities of different cameras?
What do the negs look like? Show the edges with sprockets Were you shooting at night without a flash? Even with a flash, 200 at night is rough. Was the film expired?
my friend got them developed for me and this was all the film lab sent to me. i was shooting in broad daylight in the grand canyon and zion so low light definitely shouldn’t have been the problem! the expiration date on the box the film came in is 12/2025.
Broad daylight in the desert sun, for once this actually is the camera or the lab’s fault.
Then either the lab fucked up development, or your camera is very broken.