Minolta,SRT 100X

[Sailor Dave]

I wonder if anyone can help, I recently dug out and used my Minolta SRT 100X film camera with a f 2 Minolta 50mm prime lens on. I metered using the onboard metering system. I used a roll of 24 exposure Kodak colour film. ( I cannot remember the exact film). Upon getting them developed the pictures seem to have a green and washed out tinge to them.
The next step is obviously to try some different colour film, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to a possible reason.There is not much to go wrong with this camera no WB mode or film settings to have been used inadvertently, a purely mechanical camera. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
David

[Manfred M]

By just writing up what you saw is not particularly helpful; seeing a scanned image of what you are looking at would be helpful here.

You also have not told us anything about the film. Was it a new roll or an old roll that was sitting in the camera (i.e. poorly stored film well past its "best before" date. Was this a print film or a reversal (slide) film? Was it daylight balanced or a tungsten balanced film? What light source were use shooting with? Natural light or indoors with modern LED or CF light source?

[rpcrowe]

As Manfred indicates, the OP has not provided enough information to allow a definitive answer to the problem.

However, I would be sure that the problem originates from

1. The condition of the film you were using.THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO

2. Problems in processing the film. VERY UNLIKELY IF FILM WAS COMMERCIALLY PROCESSED

2. The lighting under which you were shooting. Possible if you were shooting under fluorescent lighting.

I am pretty certain that the problem has nothing to do with the camera/lens you used.

Except, could your lens possibly have had a filer left on it from a previous shooting. When I shot with B&W film. I would sometimes use a green X1 filter which would enhance the skin tones and darken the skies a bit.

If no filter was on the lens, were all of the shots which displayed the "green tinge" done under the same lighting condition? If they were shot under different conditions,, this would pretty well eliminate the lighting as a problem.

The most simple step in trouble shooting your problem would be to purchase a roll of film from reliable source, ensure that it is in date and has been stored under proper conditions. If it is reversal (slide) film - ensure that the film is the proper type for the lighting condition under which you will be shooting, ie,: daylight balanced film in daylight or with electronic flash. This would not be a factor of you are shooting negative (print) film.

[Sailor Dave]

Hi Manfred & rpcrowe
Thanks for the replies ok a bit more info, the film was a new roll it was a print film commercially processed. To be honest I am not sure how the film was balanced, the whole roll was shot outdoors (natural light) no filters were used nor left in place from a previous shoot. Yes the obvious step is to try with another roll of film, I would upload a shot for you both to look at if I could find how to do it, it appears drag & drop does not work.

[William W]

When you upload sample images could you please upload at least three which were taken consecutively.

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If the film box and canister are rubbished, the film can be identified by the code on the edge of the negative - see example:

. . . a bit more info, the film was [Kodak, (op. cit.)] a new roll it was a print film commercially processed. To be honest I am not sure how the film was balanced, the whole roll was shot outdoors (natural light) no filters were used nor left in place from a previous shoot. Yes the obvious step is to try with another roll of film, I would upload a shot for you both to look at if I could find how to do it, it appears drag & drop does not work.

“new roll” doesn’t mean it was either in date and/or stored correctly. Manfred and Richard have already alluded to either or both being a possible cause of the cast.

Notwithstanding the above two commentaries and whether you upload images, or not, the presentation of the cast is an important factor in determining the cause of the fault.

If:
1. the cast is regular in depth and hue and appears along and across the whole of the negatives, then a likely cause is development process. Specifically, the developer was stale (exhausted) or compromised in some fashion. In any case, after using a new test roll, if possible get it developed at a different lab.

2. the cast is regular in depth and hue and appears along and across the whole of the prints, then a likely cause is printing process. Specifically, the paper was ‘green biased’ (are the prints on Fuji paper, from Kodak medium to fast neg film?) - or the printing process simply was not balanced ‘correctly’ (to your liking).

3. the cast is not across all the negative area and regular in placement in each frame and regular in depth and hue then it possible there is a lens flaw. If a lens flaw then likely that there will be slight differences in depth and hue dependent upon the aperture used.

4. the cast is not regular in depth and hue, and seems to permeate the whole roll of film, then it is possible the (un exposed)film was stored improperly.

WW

[William W]

. . . Just thought of another possibility which fits the general description you have provided:

If the "washed out green tinge" appears on some, not all, prints then it is possible the cause is (slight, not intense) Veiling Flare.

If VF is the cause, then the images which are 'washed out' (i.e lack contrast, especially mid tone contrast), will have a strong light source (i.e. the sun) coming toward the camera, i.e the sun was probably on top and in front of you, when you released the shutter - and - there was no lens hood on the lens.

WW