Hi guys,

I am taking a photography class at my school and it's blacka nd white film. With my first roll, I had many problems. The edges were bent down when I went to roll it I noticed and when I developed it today, I saw taht only about four photos turned out well and the rest were blank. My teacher supposed it was either something wrong with the camera or with my exposure. What do you think it could have been? I didn't flash the film because the ones that turned out were in random spots all around.

Could I have loaded the film improperly?
Could I have under or over exposed?

Can you please tell me about the light meter? I saw taht when I partially press the shutter, the meter goes up or down and I have fiddled aorund with it and mostly understand it, but I am wondering this- if I get the light meter in the middle, then it's optial settings, right? Is that how you decide the aperture and ss settings?

Thanks!