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Hello Zarko...

This greatly minimises (almost eliminates) the probability of camera related light leak, but doesn't rule it out. In my experience, light leaks can happen sporadically between rolls of film shot with the same, faulty camera. But since you mentioned that your film reels feel a bit stiff, could you please have a look at the frame of film you attached and check if there is any sign of physical damage, or pressure where the marks are, at both sides?

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check tonight and let you know what, if anything, I find.
 
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Zarko. I am having the same issue I guess. In my case the streaks line up exactly with the wider part ('loading part') of the development reel I am spooling my film onto. Just had a case of yell'n'curse yesterday. I held the neg strip into the reel and it matches up perfectly. So I assume that there might be a sharp edge or similar in one (half) of my reels. Now I just have to find the culprit reel, which sucks as I have 5 of them, consisting of 10 halves. I advise you to begin with checking your reels.

Yeah, it can be really frustrating, especially since I've ruined some really nice shots unfortunately.
 
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