Topic: wha'appen?? neg problems

[This-is-damion]

Any ideas?   only happened on 3 out of 12 images?   a dark streak across negative?

confused?


ignore the shiny streak , thats just where its not flat on my scanner




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[moominsean]

looks like a light leak.

[Francois]

Were those 3 taken in bright sunlight and the other 9 taken in the shade?

If that's the case, definitely could be a light leak... especially since they are all located on the same part of the negative.

[kuru]

definitely look like light leaks. was the roll wound tight when you pulled it out of the camera?

[This-is-damion]

yes those 3 were possibly in quite direct sunlight,  and the rest more shady.

the roll was nice & tight when came out of the camera.

is there anyway from this (a long shot i know) i can try to diagnose where the leak is from?

its from my arax...never had any issues  before?

[LT]

it's more confusing because it moves between the 1st and second frame, although is the same shape- and on the last one it is the same as on no 2, but there is a second leak going right across the film.

I couldnt begin to work out where it is coming from ... the usual rule is opposite upside down for the source, but as this seems to start some way into the frame rather than coming from the edge, it makes it a bitmore difficult.  did you process these yourself or did you get them done at a lab? might be worth looking at a leak in your changing bag or dev tank too???

PErhaps it's worth getting in touch with the Arax man again and asking if it's a common leak/ fault. 

[This-is-damion]

Cheers,   not sure its bag or tank and i developed 3 films and this is only one with issue .

or at least the other film from the arax was fine and other film was a Toycam and the lightleaks were the usual blurry sreading things, rather than a very straight line.

will email gevorg!   

ta

[LT]

also  - you're getting some edge leak that is getting dangerously close to the image area - I get that kind of stuff when I use my holga and forget to put the piece of cardboard in to tension the spool .... infact the second leak on the last neg seems to spread from the edge - could be a re-spooling issue? 

[Francois]

They definitely are something strange...
Since the film travels vertically on your camera, the leaks are probably on the right side (picture is projected upside down in the camera)...

I doubt it would be related to the film tank. Since the film is wound in a spiral, I think the leak wouldn't be at almost the same spot on each picture... It also would be more diffuse since the funnel is further from the film than the film loader's back.

Could it be that the emulsion got stuck on the processing reel... but it would show a matte texture of a brownish color... not likely.

Could be a leak from between the camera and back (maybe the back got badly mounted on this roll)...

If it never happened before and never happens again, could just be a freak incident...

[kuru]

It could also be an internal reflection. I know one of my Kiev's gets some nasty internal reflections since it doesn't have the flocking.

[Francois]

Kiev and Arax are the same (as much as I can figure out)... could be part of the problem.

[This-is-damion]

arax is a company that rebuilds kievs, rebrands and sells them on at a premium. 
up until now i couldnt find anyone to say a nad word about arax, he trades on his reputation for quality. its why i bought from him.

my initl aone took a bit of a whack in the post and they were great about whole thing, paid for return shipping and even chucking in a few freebies by way of apology -so im loathed to think this b*lls up is typical of arax.   

i have emailed him....await response.

 

[Teja]

I don?t think it looks much like a leak.

It looks like something shiney was held against the neg in the darkroom.
or the neg held against sth shiney. Could be from a watch or so...