TonyW Posted October 5, 2009 Share #1 Posted October 5, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Could anyone offer suggestions as to the cause of the stripes on this image ? The problem occurs throughout a roll of PRO160S shot on an M6 TTL. Other rolls from the same batch are fine. The shutter appears to be working normally. The film was processed and scanned by a local place which I've used without any issues for years. Thanks in advance, Tony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pop Posted October 5, 2009 Share #2 Posted October 5, 2009 Did you leave the cartridge in the sunlight after rewinding? This looks like light entering through the slot of the cartridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted October 6, 2009 Film went into bag immediately. Whole film shows same problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun Posted October 6, 2009 Share #4 Posted October 6, 2009 Tony -- Well, it's clearly a light leak, but whether it occurred in the camera, or as a consequence of a defective cartridge (which seems unlikely), or as a result of the film being fogged during emptying of the cartridge/processing, I don't think it would be possible to say. I can't think of another way of checking other than shooting another test roll and getting that processed. If the test roll is OK then the likelihood would seem to be a lab problem. I guess one other possible option is to ask the lab *now* whether this is something they consider could have happened during their handling of the film (although I imagine their stock answer would probably be, 'No, of course not'). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted October 6, 2009 Alun/Phillipp, Thanks for your comments. Later film is ok. I'll take it up with the processor though they've been very reliable over the years. Thanks again, Tony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted October 6, 2009 Share #6 Posted October 6, 2009 It's definately a light leak - if it's at regular intervals over the whole roll of film it would suggest that the whole roll was exposed to light at some point, most likely during the processing stage. Light leaks in an M are pretty easy to spot, either contained within the frame (from a shutter curtain leak) or on the wider film area being from light getting down from the viewfinder area, which tends to be random and affects only a few frames on a roll typically. I had a similar problem with a film I had processed by a 1hr lab a while back. I got a refund of course but that's little consolation for lost images (you could take it further for compensation but it depends how important the images were to you). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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