Yeah, I'm leaning toward shutter problems too. Unfortunately, I can't remember the camera setting when I shoot these (next time I'm gonna write them down).
It was my understanding that shutter capping results in dark lines at the beginning and/or the end of the frame because the curtains fail to separate, so I don't understand how it can happen multiple times at random spots within the frame. So I can see how #2 could show the sign of shutter capping, but I can't explain the streaks on #1. Has it happened to you before?
Sorry to hear that, I hope your Leica works well now. Anyways that's an interesting (yet frustrating) problem. I guess I'll have to try more rolls to be sure what the problem is.Actually, I had something similar to this happen to one of my Leica M4-P bodies a while back. It “intermittently” registered partial or NO exposure on random frames. It required that the master roller be replaced (along with the small curtain) which was not an inexpensive repair.
Sorry to hear that, I hope your Leica works well now. Anyways that's an interesting (yet frustrating) problem. I guess I'll have to try more rolls to be sure what the problem is.
Thank you very much for taking the time to edit the photos and inspect them thoroughly!In the first image, what's odd is that there appears to be both a horizontal and a vertical density variation:
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On the second example, it's a little less clear what's going on:
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I'm not sure whether the lower density (in the negative) band on the right hand side is curved or has a straight (but slanted) edge.
#3 has development streaking, most likely due to insufficient agitation issues at an early stage of development.
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I can see how a shutter capping issue could explain #2. #1 is a tricky one; I'm not sure how that could be explained. Is something stuck to the shutter curtains; some kind of debris?
Yes, it’s frustrating. For a while, I would make one extra exposure for every “keeper” (or what I thought might be a keeper at the site). I’ve owned these cameras (twin M4-Ps) since the late 1980s with two or three CLAs between then and now, so I cannot really complain. I had a Canon FTb many years ago. I loved that camera. IIRC, I gave it to my younger brother who had expressed an interest in photography … .
I guess (as stupid as it might sound) something could have also been in front of the lens, maybe some kind of web I don't recall being there.
Not stupid at all, and it would definitely explain what we're seeing here. Perhaps you attempted to photograph through some kind of fence. Usually, on railway flyovers in urban areas there's some kind of protection against people falling/climbing over railings etc. Like this:
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Yeah, probably there was some kind of fence I don't remember. This would explain the random dark marks, especially the horizontal ones.Perhaps you attempted to photograph through some kind of fence.
I remember that for sure I was using a small aperture to achieve DOF, so that's very likelyI would say possibly at two different apertures, as one is stronger than the other .
Can you give a detailed explanation of how you process the film from start to finish?
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