Contax G1 G28: Black Glare in photo

Hi all,

In my last roll with my favorite Contax G1 with G28 lens, There are some consistent black glare on the photo. I checked the negative, it is actually on the negative. Any one might have an idea of the cause? Thanks!

Dirt/scratch on the lens or filter?

its a piece of dust in your camera.

Derek Lofgreen said:

its a piece of dust in your camera.

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Yeah, something like a piece of lint / fiber sticking out into the image frame; it's somewhere between the film plane and the rear lens element.

I wonder if the parallel light/plus density stripe is associated with it; a reflection shining off the same piece of fiber, for instance.

Either the camera or scanner needs a spring clean, or both. The black splodge is reminiscent of something dangling in front of the film, if you are looking into the camera with the back open it could be in bottom left of the shutter gate somewhere. But there is a lighter fibre at the bottom and a spot in the same place on both photos as well and most likely the scanner.

If not a fibre the black splodge does change shape slightly and if it moves gradually across the frame in other photos (which we can't see) it may be contamination from the rollers when it was processed.