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Help with marks on negatives
Hello all,
I'm looking for a bit of help with a film I've been given to develop. Everything looks OK except for the last 10 or so frames, where something untoward is happening. In the first image (attached) there is something wrong at the top and bottom sprocket holes of 2 of the frames (frames 26 and 28), although the negatives don't look to be affected. Everything before then is fine, by the way. Then in the second image, which shows frames 30-32, you can see a much more pronounced 'blackness' which extends into the actual negatives. It looks like a light leak to me rather than a processing problem, particularly since the problem only occurs towards the end of the film. Can anyone confirm my suspicions, or put me right as to what the problem might be? I'd like to be able to give an informed opinion to the person who passed me the film to develop (if only to exonerate myself - hopefully!). Michael |
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This looks like a light leak. If it was near the start of the film, I would have thought the exposed cassette had been left in the sun. Given that it's near the end, I wonder if part of the camera back is at fault. Perhaps foam failing at a hinge, or around that window you sometimes get to identify the film. If the camera was left in strong light for a while when the film was almost finished, it could have occurred then. I had a similar problem with a Bronica that was sitting on the back seat of the car between shots. The sun was obviously penetrating via the darkslide slot where the sealing material must have failed. A look at the camera might give a clue.
Alex |
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Hi ,there. Looks like a leak to me although frames 30 and 32 might also show a "spill". They look very dense and the heavy exposure might have caused the light to reach out of the frame in the sprocket area and between the frames. I've seen that before but it's nothing to be worried about, the real problem is the leak caused probably by worn seals around the film door. The problem might indeed present itself in unpredictable ways.
cheers, m. |
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Looks like a light leak, although if it was one of my much older cameras I would say it was light spillage, maybe due to taking a photo against the light, in very strong (Summer) sun, it happens now and again with some of my old cameras, but if it is a reasonably modern camera, with a film reminder window,could be the seals around the window are weak
Richard
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Thanks everyone for a speedy response to my query - much appreciated Alex, Marty and Richard (an international response - Scotland, Italy and Jersey )
I'll get back to the owner of the film with suitable comments. Michael |
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