Cracked slr film camera lens…?
Um...this is really bad, but somehow I cracked the lens on my canon AE-1. When I look through the viewfinder, I can't see the crack, so is there anyway it could not show up in my pictures? I guess the only way to find out would be to shoot a roll of film with the broken lens. I just don't want to waste one if there's no hope....
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expose 2 or 3 frames in the camera with the cracked lens on, then either change the lens and finish the roll or take the film out, (rewind it till you hear the first click, or get someone who knows to do it for you)
load the film into another camera, leave the lens cap on, put the shutter on 1000th or faster, use the smallest apperture like F22 or smaller, fire 3 or 4 exposures off with the cap in place, winding on of course, then finsh of the roll and find your answer
you might be able to get a cheap lens of ebay
A cracked element won’t stop you from finishing that roll, but I wonder if it will fall apart on you eventually.
Did the lens have a filter on it? You’re not talking about the filter, right? A filter may have prevented damage to it.
Used FD lenses are inexpensive. You may consider replacing it in due course.
YOu’re wrong!! It’s much cheaper to waste a roll of film testing the lens than to not know if there’s any damage to it!!
What…roll of film is $3-4 and processing is $3 at Walmart?
So, under $10 and you’ll know for sure. Very cheap way to make sure it works or doesn’t.
And yes, that’s very true. Replacement lenses are incredibly cheap, because very few use slr cameras anymore. Go online and look at camera websites, you’ll see you can get great lenses for cheap bucks.
I once had Konica 35mm camera that had an incredilby beautiful f/1.2 lens on it, had a filter on it. Getting out of car, had it on my lap, it fell out onto curb. Cement does NOT make a good cushion. Luckily, it only bent the filter ring, so couldn’t remove filter. But camera was stolen later, so lost either way.