Is my camera defected?

Miskymarton · Jul 25, 2018

Hey guys, today was my first time shooting on film, I used a canon t70 with kodak gold 200 film. The thing is, I developed the film and there are some perfect pictures but overall the 60% are blank sometimes with lines. Is it my fault being a newbie or my camera has a shutter problem? Here is a picture of what the negative looks like

Thank you very much for your help . Have a nice evening

Sirius Glass · Jul 25, 2018

It looks like a shutter problem. Since it is a single lens reflex, the possibility that you took a photograph with the lens cap on is very small.

Miskymarton · Jul 25, 2018

Sirius Glass said:
It looks like a shutter problem. Since it is a single lens reflex, the possibility that you took a photograph with the lens cap on is very small.

But is there a way that the shutter works sometimes and sometimes it doesn’t? Because maybe all the frames that are blank are the ones I took outside with a high shutter speed. I am not sure because I can’t see the frames but maybe

Marcelo Paniagua · Jul 25, 2018

Did you used a flash on the pictures?

Im seeing part of an image on the top of the frame, and as far as I remember canon t70 has a vertical running shutter and top flash sync speed is 1/90.

Regards

Marcelo

Marcelo Paniagua · Jul 25, 2018

Miskymarton said:
But is there a way that the shutter works sometimes and sometimes it doesn’t? Because maybe all the frames that are blank are the ones I took outside with a high shutter speed. I am not sure because I can’t see the frames but maybe

Yeah, shutters can have some problems with some speeds and work well with others shutters speed.

More often than not, I've had problems with slow speed but high speed could have the problems too.

Regards

Marcelo.

Miskymarton · Jul 25, 2018

Marcelo Paniagua said:
Did you used a flash on the pictures?

Im seeing part of an image on the top of the frame, and as far as I remember canon t70 has a vertical running shutter and top flash sync speed is 1/90.

Regards

Marcelo

No I have not used a flash.

Marcelo Paniagua · Jul 25, 2018

Then it really looks like a shutter problem to me. Probably an oily shutter blades problem?

Marcelo

Sirius Glass · Jul 25, 2018

Open the back of the camera, set the lens to full open, crank the film advance and fire the shutter for every shutter speed. That may tell you something.

shutterfinger · Jul 25, 2018

http://www.cameramanuals.org/canon_pdf/canon_t70.pdf
Shutter: vertical travel electromagnetic attraction (EMAS)
1. verify the mirror fully rises at speeds above 1/125
2. have the camera serviced, introduced in 1984 its time for a CLA.

Kino · Jul 25, 2018

Check for sticky shutter syndrome: https://www.instructables.com/id/Manage-Your-EOS-Cameras-Sticky-Shutter/

I had this issue with several Canon cameras; all cleaned up easily with this procedure.

Miskymarton · Jul 26, 2018

Okay so it is a shutter problem, I am going to do some research on it and the service. Thank you everyone for your fast and helpful answers, I am really grateful for that.

Have a nice day

Noel

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