Is it a light leak or processing problem????

[lukethedrifter1]

First off

I'm new to this group and I may be putting up this post in the wrong forum. If so, please forgive me and set me straight.

Anyway, I just purchased an Iskra 6x6 camera which i love but seems to have some problems. I just got back my first roll of film (from a commercial lab) which is marred by some heavy blotches .

Question, are they originating from a light leak in the camera or some sort of processing error?

A scan of the pictures is here

http://flic.kr/p/bzGhG5

 

[charjohncarter]

Looks like camera light leak to me.

 

[Sparrow]

yep ........

 

[River Dog]

New seals?

 

[Sparrow]

Top edge and from the front I would think ... the frame mask seems to have protected the edge of the frame, a bellows leak maybe?

 

[shermanmagazine]

Having spent a lot of time obsessing about related processing issues lately, I'd say this looks like a light leak to me too.

 

[Jobin]

I had a roll of film that I had processed in a crappy grocery store lab and had similar results. But mine were much larger which makes me think they made a mistake taking to film out of the canister.

Whole Frame (168) by elliottckhull, on Flickr

Whole Frame (169) by elliottckhull, on Flickr