Recent content by BSAbbott

Hi Kino, you are so right, I think I've reached the end of worrying about this. I will try a few coats of a new sharpie on the film gate edge to see if it does any good. Then I'll either be cropping or not. The issue seems to be in bright directional light only, not shady or cloudy. The good...

Thanks, I'm not sure how wildly distorted the iPhone macro lens is, but there's some for sure. You expressed my fears of something peeling and getting on the film or worse jam up the shutter. Sanding seems impossible, especially for a $65 camera. I was thinking cleaning with alcohol like I used...

The issue occurs mostly in with a bright sky, never in shade that I can discern. Here are two better photos of the film gate. I wish I had tried to do this earlier. I think I can see the pattern in the gate, the squiggles. How to fix? I saw the suggestion of toothpick and matte paint. I could...

Hi to anyone looking for the next step to my issue. An update. Short answer the squiggles did not go away by replacing the hinge seal. Good news is I didn't make the problem worse, and my camera is no longer shedding foam seal particles and scratching the film. I've included two more scans...

Thank you to all the expertise and wisdom brought to me. I hope to do those back seals when the kit comes next week. Then make a roll of photos again. I’ll post the results. A great lesson in not trusting that the seals look good. Next used camera for me will have new seals installed before I...

Here's positive done by negative lab pro, some editing to accentuate the issue. Thanks for all the useful feedback! Peace

Here's a jpeg of raw scan, with minimal editing from import to LR.

After cleaning the camera to make pictures, I noticed that the back door is completely missing the seal by the roll of film. The seal kit photo shows there are supposed to be seals at both ends of the back door. I made a photo of camera open on B, looking to the end of the camera that I believe...

Hi, I don't have an elegant or useful way to make the neg photo. I do have a raw scan from another newer roll with same issue. Harder to see I used some contrast to see in both raw and positive jpeg. I understand it maybe harder to see with reduced file size, etc. Thank you for your patience and...

I am going to replace those hinge seals next week, I ordered the kit yesterday. I made some photos of the inside of the camera, very dusty/gritty from those seals giving up. I think that seal issue makes some sense to me, rather than a reflection. I need to clean the camera some and I will post...

Here are 3 photos that have no issues, all in less direct light conditions. I think the collective wisdom has found my issue to fix. I'll still go work on making a film gate photo. Thanks again.

Thank you for all your questions and thoughts. Here are 3 photos, one of each lens, reduced to 3000 pixels and 40%jpeg to fit under the 2mb rule. this was my first roll and I took some notes, Ektar. Upon looking I see more of an issue on top and right of the photo. the jpeg file has the lens and...

I can see the same effect on my first roll of negatives. Especially in the sky, which would be the Botton of the camera. I wonder if that is why it was a used camera, the previous owner couldn't figure it out either. I can always crop, might cure me of showing the edge of the frame.

I haven't gotten that set of negs back yet. They are good about that though.They will hold them and ship them when you ask. And they answer their emails in a day. I did not see anything reflecting back to the film plane, lens off or on, and looking from the lens mount side or the film side. I do...

Hi, I've been learning from the members here for a the past 6 months, just got back into analog photography. I was a professional in the 80s and 90s, with experience in 35mm, 120 and 4x5. I used to do my own processing. Recently I bought a used Nikkormat FTN, and have 3 lenses, 35mm 1.5 K...