I don't know what is causing these light speckled lines in my photos near the image edge

[BSAbbott]

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 is the problem. Nothing appeared to be shiny to my eye.

photo 1 is seal kit from web. photo 2 a terrible looking seal that is shedding, photo 3 no seal by the film roll side of the camera, and photo 4 looking into the camera. Did early Nikkormats FTNs not have that seal? mine is probably in the first couple of years of production. The seal missing, and that the door is a little sprung/mishapen makes sense to me as issue only occurs is only in brighter conditions.

 

[Craig]

Hi, I don't have an elegant or useful way to make the neg photo.

Tape the negs to a piece of paper and tape the paper to a well lit window and take a photos of that. Doesn't need to be fancy.

 

[pentaxuser]

The seal missing, and that the door is a little sprung/mishapen makes sense to me as issue only occurs is only in brighter conditions. View attachment 419092

You may be right about poor sealing but what puzzles me is that the middle set of 3 pics seem to show nothing of the problem that pic 1 shows and yet all 3 pics appear to be taken in what looks to be quite bright conditions?

There may be a way to reconcile my observation above with what I see from the pics but if there is I cannot think of it

pentaxuser

 

[MattKing]

Hi, I don't have an elegant or useful way to make the neg photo.

This Resource might help - cel phones work well for this.
https://www.photrio.com/forum/resou...nsparencies-for-troubleshooting-purposes.461/

 

[Truzi]

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 is the problem. Nothing appeared to be shiny to my eye.

photo 1 is seal kit from web. photo 2 a terrible looking seal that is shedding, photo 3 no seal by the film roll side of the camera, and photo 4 looking into the camera. Did early Nikkormats FTNs not have that seal? mine is probably in the first couple of years of production. The seal missing, and that the door is a little sprung/mishapen makes sense to me as issue only occurs is only in brighter conditions. View attachment 419092

I had a similar issue on my Sears KS-2. Didn't notice it until I used the camera without the half-case.

To fix it, I used some thick black felt in the proper areas, and it's been fine.

 

[BSAbbott]

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

 

[BSAbbott]

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

 

[koraks]

Thanks; it's very faint, but it's there and there's nothing outside of the frame that seems to correlate to it.

The suggestion by @Alan Townsend to tape up the back of the camera, if only temporary to see if fixes the problem, is worth trying out.

 

[MattKing]

Yes - the artifact is on the negative.

 

[pentaxuser]

Yes - the artifact is on the negative.

Wow it is faint, so faint that I wonder if I see something that the thread has programmed me to see. I could probably look at this in another setting such as the Gallery and simply think it was a nice looking print of a nice scene

Maybe we are back to the old discussion of being unable to see the elusive "colour crossover "

pentaxuser

 

[BSAbbott]

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 chase my tail again.
Peace