Really - it is a double exposure. The gray line a the top of the negative is most likely due to some misalignment when the second shot was made or a little bleed from bright sky outside the frame.
can't help but can tell you not to give up. my Hasselblads(3 501cs) are the most reliable cameras I own.They have only failed me once in 20 years of use when a seal in a film back was ripped by the dark slide
I had the sun behind me. Used the regular waistfinder, not the one with light meter. Intereting, why does that happen?Where was the sun (light source) in relation to you and the camera?
What finder do you have on the camera?
Possible secondary exposure through the finder.
I don't think it was a light leak nor a double exposure. You didn't say it was the only frame that way (?). It also looks like there could be an area on the partial frame shown above the fully shown one. Is it possible that you presoaked the film and that affected it somehow during developing. My Hasselblads have also been reliable for their over twenty years.
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A hundred years or so ago I bought a used Sinar F1 at Keeble and Shuchat in Palo Alto ( http://kspphoto.com/ ). Once home I loaded some ISO400 sheet film, extended the bellows fully, inserted the film holder in the back, locked it in place, insured the lens board and lens were secure and the shutter was closed. I then went outside in the bright afternoon sun, sometimes a rarity in Belmont, and turned the sides and edges of the standards and bellows toward the sun at every angle I could.
When I processed the sheet of film it was crystal clear except for fb=f. I said to myself great, its light tight. I loaded some AgfaPan 100 sheet film and went out and photographed the white bearded Iris and Gladiolus that were in bloom.
When I processed those sheets they all had multiple secondary pin hole exposures. The secondary exposures were distinct images on top of the lens image, not streaks from standard light leaks. When I tested the Sinar in total darkness with a light source inside the bellows I found that the bellows were light tight when extended to full tightness but each fold had a pin hole if relaxed so that the pleats were 1/4 to half folded.
A pin hole in the light seal of you finder or the mirror not sealing tightly during exposure could cause the secondary exposure or "double" exposure. With the shutter and viewfinder open in total darkness place a bright light inside the body and observe the exterior for any hint of light. Anything more than total black is a light leak/pin hole.
can't help but can tell you not to give up. my Hasselblads(3 501cs) are the most reliable cameras I own.They have only failed me once in 20 years of use when a seal in a film back was ripped by the dark slide
Hasselblads have an excellent reputation. I agree with the double-exposure theory. When I ran a processing lab (1960s), this is precisely the sort of image I was shown when the operator was swapping backs in a hurry. But what is the curved top of the image, seen on both the enlargement and the 'unedited' version. I am very familiar with 500C/M and I have tried to imagine how this could come about - I must assume that the negative was not clamped flat during scanning.Hasselblads have been the most reliable cameras that I have used.
Hasselblads have an excellent reputation. I agree with the double-exposure theory. When I ran a processing lab (1960s), this is precisely the sort of image I was shown when the operator was swapping backs in a hurry. But what is the curved top of the image, seen on both the enlargement and the 'unedited' version. I am very familiar with 500C/M and I have tried to imagine how this could come about - I must assume that the negative was not clamped flat during scanning.
Hasselblads have been the most reliable cameras that I have used.
It still looks like a double exposure.
It still looks like a double exposure.
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