Iota0299
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Hi all,
I'm having a strange issue with my film, a 120 roll of portra 400, that I bought a month and a bit ago. The roll had not been expired and was kept in a fridge prior to me buying it.
I shot some photos at 6x9 with my Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 (if not this, it's an extremely similar model) from- likely- the 1930s. Aside from the shutter seizing up, forcing me to operate the mechanism that lifts the 'hammer' by hand, everything seemed fine. But, when I got my scanned negatives back, I noticed horizontal lines and heavy light leakages.
The bellows of this camera are made of leather and after some inspection, I did find some small light leakages but they don't line up with where they appear on the camera. Weirder still, is that theres also horizontal lines on the first couple of shots and they dont appear on any of the other photos (unless I'm not looking hard enough). I've brightened the first one up firstly so it's clear enough and secondly so that the line is more visible. 2nd and 3rd show it but it's more to prove the point
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Is it possible my roll was a dud in terms of the horizontal line or would the developing or even the camera to blame? Also, regarding the light leakage on the 4th shot, would that be the fault of my camera or developing? 5 also seems to have that issue but strangely to a lesser extent, despite being in a brighter area.
4:
5: 000036730001_###
I really don't want to put in another roll without knowing if my camera needs a repair or not.
Many thanks,
Max
I'm having a strange issue with my film, a 120 roll of portra 400, that I bought a month and a bit ago. The roll had not been expired and was kept in a fridge prior to me buying it.
I shot some photos at 6x9 with my Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 (if not this, it's an extremely similar model) from- likely- the 1930s. Aside from the shutter seizing up, forcing me to operate the mechanism that lifts the 'hammer' by hand, everything seemed fine. But, when I got my scanned negatives back, I noticed horizontal lines and heavy light leakages.
The bellows of this camera are made of leather and after some inspection, I did find some small light leakages but they don't line up with where they appear on the camera. Weirder still, is that theres also horizontal lines on the first couple of shots and they dont appear on any of the other photos (unless I'm not looking hard enough). I've brightened the first one up firstly so it's clear enough and secondly so that the line is more visible. 2nd and 3rd show it but it's more to prove the point
1:
1A:
2:
3:
Is it possible my roll was a dud in terms of the horizontal line or would the developing or even the camera to blame? Also, regarding the light leakage on the 4th shot, would that be the fault of my camera or developing? 5 also seems to have that issue but strangely to a lesser extent, despite being in a brighter area.
4:
5: 000036730001_###
I really don't want to put in another roll without knowing if my camera needs a repair or not.
Many thanks,
Max