Line artifacts on film negative (Rolleiflex T)

teechot · Feb 18, 2017

I got this rolleiflex online. However, there were lines artifacts in the film negative as shown in this picture: www.flickr.com/photos/95323772@N08/32928103016/in/datepos...

Any thoughts where the problem might come from? I would appreciate any comments. Thank you!

jensenhallstrom · Feb 18, 2017

Hi Teechot,

The problem could be processing. What lab did you take your film to? Are all 12 frames like this? Are the lines on the physical negative or just the scan? I've had this same problem of streaked lines when i have scanned 120 with my canoscan 9950f. I fixed the problem by turning off and on the scanner.

-Jensen
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winger · Feb 18, 2017

I would definitely find a magnifier and check the negs themselves. This looks like a scanning artefact to me.

Swordman · Feb 18, 2017

I think the lab/person that developed the negative scratched them. This can happen if you run your fingers down either side of the negative to remove the chemicals. I'm not sure how a machine develops the film, but after this happened to my negatives a bunch of times, I stopped taking it to that shop and lo and behold, the problem never happened again. The icing on the cake was when the owner of the shop said that it was my camera that needed a clean, obviously not realising that I have a few 35mm cameras.

teechot · Feb 19, 2017

Hi, thanks guys.

I had finished 2 rolls of film and developed them at different shops. It seems to have the same problem. The line scratches run through the whole film negatives on both cases.

I suspect I may have loaded the film incorrectly.

http://www.cameramanuals.org/rolleiflex/rolleiflex_t_single.pdf

Page 9-10, it shows that I should have pulled the film backing paper up to the empty spool directly. I always put the paper under the first roller. Is this the reason?

tessar · Feb 19, 2017

Your suspicion is correct. The film should pass over the first roller. Most Rolleiflexes have two parallel first rollers, and the film should pass between them. I see the Rolleiflex T does not have this device and loads like every other TLR I know -- you have to align the two arrows on the backing paper with marks on the sides of the film gate. The models with the two first rollers eliminated the need to line up the film.
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Line artifacts on film negative (Rolleiflex T)

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