nimes30 Posted January 17, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 17, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, Can anyone tell me why two films on an M5 are partially unexposed ? On the first film, only the last two frames were exposed, and on the second film only 6 non consecutive frames out of the 36 were exposed. I have excluded reasons such as forgotten lens cap, ASA adjustment, battery problem, bad aperture/speed adjustment. It seems to me like it could be a shutter problem, but can there be another reason? Can a badly loaded film be the cause ? Does anyone have experience of this ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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250swb Posted January 17, 2015 Share #2 Posted January 17, 2015 Do you hear the shutter firing? Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimes30 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted January 17, 2015 Do you hear the shutter firing? Steve Hi, Many thanks for your response. I am new to M cameras, but use a IIIf with no problems. For the first film, I can't be sure, I just shot pictures. For the second I am sure of the following : - I tested the camera twice, open with no film, after the 1st and after the 2nd film. Sometimes it seemed to cock and fire correctly at different speeds, and sometimes the slow speeds would not work (I know you have to press and release) - with film in the camera, slow speeds would not always work (press release, nothing happens) - with the second film in the camera, the shutter seemed to fire, but then again I'm new to the camera - both films wound on right to the end. On one occasion, I tested the shutter with the camera open and no film, and the shutter both at normal and slow speeds seemed ok. I then immediately closed the camera (with no film) and the slow speeds no longer worked. This left me perplexed !! - John. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimes30 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted January 17, 2015 Do you hear the shutter firing? Steve Hi Steve, It might also help to know that on film two, something like frames 1, 7, 9 ,13, 18 and 30 were ok, i.e. apparently random. No 30 was dark on the left side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 17, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 17, 2015 Anything that is so random that you can't identify a cause suggests an intermittent sticky shutter. I think there is nothing else for it than a Clean, Lube, and Adjust, unless it is a new purchase and you can take it back. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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