Topic: Curtains for the Zenith EM ?

[Miles]

 

Damn, got some Ilford Delta 400 back that I used in the (one of, I have a weakness) Zenit EM and I think the curtains might be perished but I'd appreciate council on this ... Have run another film through it to which is a bummer. Looks like the back is leaking too on one of them.   You can see my office in the second St. Pauls pic though ...  ... On the left of St. Paul's, The Faraday Building, it's a peach !

Miles ...

[Francois]

Well, there is some obvious lens flare...
If the camera uses an horizontally moving cloth shutter, I'd probably go for defective shutter (inconsistent speed). I don't think a light leak would be that even.

[Miles]

Thanks - it's very regular, those "dots" in the bottom right.  Yes it's a horizontal material shutter curtain.

[Francois]

For the dots, it could be related to bad lightproofing inside the camera (looks like flare), or a missing chip of lightproofing material on the shutter itself. If the spots appear only when the shutter is cranked (or not) and left in the sun for a short while should tell the story.