Why do my photographs taken with a film camera look so saturated?

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I’m starting to shoot photographs using my Dad's old camera, an Olympus OM-4. I’ve noticed that in comparison with my friend's photographs mine are a lot more saturated. Why can it be?



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    What particular film were you using? What were your exposure settings (aperture and shutter time)?
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    i think proper term would be "low contrast"
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  • This photograph looks way underexposed to me. Or else there is something wrong with the film - maybe long expired or heat/radiation damaged? I don't know off-hand if the OM4 has a built-in meter. Do you know the Sunny-16 rule? Are you sure the camera shutter/aperture are operating reliably? And, as mentioned, what are you using for film? Expiration date? Storage?
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I’m starting to shoot photographs using my Dad's old camera, an Olympus OM-4. I’ve noticed that in comparison with my friend's photographs mine are a lot more saturated. Why can it be?



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    What particular film were you using? What were your exposure settings (aperture and shutter time)?
    – Michael Clark
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    i think proper term would be "low contrast"
    – aaaaaa
    2 hours ago










  • This photograph looks way underexposed to me. Or else there is something wrong with the film - maybe long expired or heat/radiation damaged? I don't know off-hand if the OM4 has a built-in meter. Do you know the Sunny-16 rule? Are you sure the camera shutter/aperture are operating reliably? And, as mentioned, what are you using for film? Expiration date? Storage?
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I’m starting to shoot photographs using my Dad's old camera, an Olympus OM-4. I’ve noticed that in comparison with my friend's photographs mine are a lot more saturated. Why can it be?



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I’m starting to shoot photographs using my Dad's old camera, an Olympus OM-4. I’ve noticed that in comparison with my friend's photographs mine are a lot more saturated. Why can it be?



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    What particular film were you using? What were your exposure settings (aperture and shutter time)?
    – Michael Clark
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    i think proper term would be "low contrast"
    – aaaaaa
    2 hours ago










  • This photograph looks way underexposed to me. Or else there is something wrong with the film - maybe long expired or heat/radiation damaged? I don't know off-hand if the OM4 has a built-in meter. Do you know the Sunny-16 rule? Are you sure the camera shutter/aperture are operating reliably? And, as mentioned, what are you using for film? Expiration date? Storage?
    – osullic
    19 mins ago













  • 1




    What particular film were you using? What were your exposure settings (aperture and shutter time)?
    – Michael Clark
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    i think proper term would be "low contrast"
    – aaaaaa
    2 hours ago










  • This photograph looks way underexposed to me. Or else there is something wrong with the film - maybe long expired or heat/radiation damaged? I don't know off-hand if the OM4 has a built-in meter. Do you know the Sunny-16 rule? Are you sure the camera shutter/aperture are operating reliably? And, as mentioned, what are you using for film? Expiration date? Storage?
    – osullic
    19 mins ago








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What particular film were you using? What were your exposure settings (aperture and shutter time)?
– Michael Clark
2 hours ago




What particular film were you using? What were your exposure settings (aperture and shutter time)?
– Michael Clark
2 hours ago




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1




i think proper term would be "low contrast"
– aaaaaa
2 hours ago




i think proper term would be "low contrast"
– aaaaaa
2 hours ago












This photograph looks way underexposed to me. Or else there is something wrong with the film - maybe long expired or heat/radiation damaged? I don't know off-hand if the OM4 has a built-in meter. Do you know the Sunny-16 rule? Are you sure the camera shutter/aperture are operating reliably? And, as mentioned, what are you using for film? Expiration date? Storage?
– osullic
19 mins ago





This photograph looks way underexposed to me. Or else there is something wrong with the film - maybe long expired or heat/radiation damaged? I don't know off-hand if the OM4 has a built-in meter. Do you know the Sunny-16 rule? Are you sure the camera shutter/aperture are operating reliably? And, as mentioned, what are you using for film? Expiration date? Storage?
– osullic
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I'd guess you're under-exposing a long way & the lab is having to push them really hard to get anything like an image out of them; hence the amount of noise in them & no real blacks anywhere - but I'll leave it to someone more versed in film photography to post a fuller answer.






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    I'd guess you're under-exposing a long way & the lab is having to push them really hard to get anything like an image out of them; hence the amount of noise in them & no real blacks anywhere - but I'll leave it to someone more versed in film photography to post a fuller answer.






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      I'd guess you're under-exposing a long way & the lab is having to push them really hard to get anything like an image out of them; hence the amount of noise in them & no real blacks anywhere - but I'll leave it to someone more versed in film photography to post a fuller answer.






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