Wait, does EM have a vertical shutter? Then forget what I said, light leak or maybe a bizarre flare characteristic.Obviously not the shutter. Look for a light leak.
Wait, does EM have a vertical shutter? Then forget what I said, light leak or maybe a bizarre flare characteristic.
Needs new light seals.
You'd feel it if it was loose enough to cause that problem. It'll be the hinge side seals.Indeed, hinge side seal looks pretty bad, with some seal gunk stuck on body frame.
Other side seems to be a very clean labyrinth-type metal seal, no problem there...unless the latching is not quite firm?
Technically the shutter did have a horizontal path when that image was exposedWait, does EM have a vertical shutter? Then forget what I said, light leak or maybe a bizarre flare characteristic.
It's possible.. Often you would see three or more such errors at regular intervals along the film. The cassette.... Did it sit in sunlight with the leader sticking out?Film cassette leak?
My cassette may have sat a bit before developing.
There is a second frame with a weaker effect, possibly rolled "under" the frame illustrated.
I need to check film type and make.
Other: (home) processing misstep?
....
I shall work on the seals and retest. This was my first roll ever, with this discarded camera - prior owner probably gave up.
Is this a shutter problem?Img102_exp
Recent photo taken with a yard sale Nikon EM.
Only frame with this issue.
Shutter problem?
Yes... I is a light leak...
The light leak is in probably at the left side of the back door. You pressed the back of the camera with your left thumb as you were rotating the film advancing lever.
That pressure in the middle of the door separated a bit the left side of the door from the body. The strong white line got more light as time pased since you made the pressure until you started winding, as film moved it got fogged as it passed under the line of light projected. This is the direction it moved as the image is inverted on film. When you shot the frame the exposure from the light leak had happened yet.
It is way less probable that the like leak is in the hinge side of the back door, but also check it. Make pressure in the middle of the backdoor to see if some clearance appears.
It could also happen that the door was not well closed... specially if this one was the first frame.
So on a doubt replace the light seals and check the back door when you can, for the moment try to not make pressure with your thumb in the back door when when advancing film.
Search this at Ebay:
NIKON EM CAMERA PRE-CUT LIGHT SEAL FOAM KIT MIRROR, DOOR & GROOVE SHEET
You can also buy light sealing foam and cutting it on your own.
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Update: or the body "channels", I ended up using cotton yarn that i bought at a thrift shop months ago after reading about it, easy install, seats itself into the old glue remnants.
then, some craft store thin foam for the hinge side. A little stiff right, we will see how it works.
Now I taking a good look at my other cameras of seal condition.
A Yashica TLR showed a very light side seal leak on its initial test roll.
A few weeks ago, on a stroll, with a Nikon EM I got at a yard sale.Img102_exp
Recent photo taken with a yard sale Nikon EM.
Only frame with this issue.
Shutter problem?
Is this a shutter problem?
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