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Olympus XA
I only have the XA2, and I've not used it yet, but it has a custom ISO setting on the front. Does the XA have this? Could have been nudged to something else?
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Do you guys think the film was just shit? Did I underexpose?
If the UltraMax you shot the next day came out fine then it seems there's nothing wrong with the camera - so either the Lomography film was dodgy somehow or you accidentally set the XA to ISO 800 (but you would have noticed that when setting it to 400 for the UltraMax I guess)?
Hard to see from what you posted but could it be that the ISO / ASA is actually set at 800, and the UltraMax was slightly underexposed as well (but could handle it better than the Lomo film)?
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@Oddo
I just got the scans back from what must be the worst roll of film I ever shot. It seems like all the photos are underexposed. I am quite new to shooting analogue but was very happy with most of my results so far. I used my Olympus XA point and shoot and I never had any trouble with its metering.
This was on a Lomography Metropolis, a film I never used before. I continued to shoot the next day, same scenery and light conditions, with the same technique and camera on a Kodak UltraMax 400 and the results came out as expected.
Do you guys think the film was just shit? Did I underexpose?
Looking up the Metropolis online it is listed as iso 100-400. I am pretty sure mine just had 200 printed on it.
Left Metropolis Right comparisons from iPhone, digital camera or different film.
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