having a bit of an issue

[cee_squared]

Hello!

I've been trying to figure out what I've been doing wrong and since I don't have too many friends that shoot on film, I thought I'd join this forum to point how much of a novice I am haha. Anyways, so I recently developed a roll of slides (cross-processed, no pushing or pulling) and one roll of colour negative and they didn't turn out the way I wanted (for the most part). Most of the shots I took during the day have this dark bar/shadow on the right side of the picture. It's similar to something you'd get if you don't flash sync when using a flash. It's happened a couple times in the past where I've shot in broad daylight and some shots developed this way. Is there something wrong with my camera or is there something I need to pay attention to when shooting in the sun? Any help would be great

I use a Minolta SRT-201 with a 50mm 1:1/4 lens.

 

[Eric Rose]

Well that is an interesting problem image. If it were a shutter issue you would expect the line to be straighter. If it were an aperture issue the entire frame would be either over or under exposed.

Have you had the same problem with B&W film developed normally? It almost looks like something is getting in the way of the taking lens.

 

[cee_squared]

The last time I shot in B&W was indoors with a flash, but didn't have any issues. I'll try shooting with B&W when it's nice outside and see what happens. There was, however, a point during the day I was shooting where I stopped changing the shutter speed and left it at 1000/s and adjusted the f-stop according to my light metre. Probably not even part of the issue, but looking back at the photos, that would have been the point when the photos started coming out that way.

 

[summicron1]

hard to tell from the pic yo posted. do this: Take the lens off, open the camera back, set the camera to 1.500 of a second or even 1/1000, hold the camera up to the sky or something evenly illuminated, and fire the shutter. Look at the shutter opening when it is briefly open -- it should be fully square, even all the way across as the shutter slit travels.

If it is dark on the side to which the shutter travels, that means the second curtain is catching up with the first curtain because the first curtain is slowing down, probably gunk in the channel in which it slides.

Time for a clean if this is the case.

If the opening is fully square and even, then your problem is somewhere else.

 

[BradS]

Welcome. I'm sure that the good folks here will be able to help you....may I suggest that you use a more descriptive title in future posts

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Hi!
The shutter is capping. Send your camera to a good Minolta repairer in your country.
As you shot into the sun, that's why the line isn't straight. The light "bleeds".