1st roll from new FED 2d has issue

paulfish4570 said:
Processing issue?
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I doubt it's a processing issue since it is in the same place on each frame.

Check the lens especially the rear elements for large spots/specks. Also check the curtains for pinholes. You should also check the inside of the camera for lint etc. Run your finger over the pressure plate for bumps...
 
No bumps. No pinholes. That weird spot has magenta spots on either side of it. I'm thinking black and white film - even c-41 - cannot do magenta. Light leak wouldn't make a shadowed areas. I had the processing guy leave the film uncut, which might explain why the spot is so precisely in the same spot on each frame. And remember: these spots are NOT on the negatives ...
 
Why does this not surprise me.

I recommend buying a Bessa R. Not as cool looking, but the meter is to die for, and it always brings home the shots. Having a 1/2000 top shutter speed is a godsend in bright light w/ 400 ISO film too. You won't be sorry.
 
paulfish4570 said:
No bumps. No pinholes. That weird spot has magenta spots on either side of it. I'm thinking black and white film - even c-41 - cannot do magenta. Light leak wouldn't make a shadowed areas. I had the processing guy leave the film uncut, which might explain why the spot is so precisely in the same spot on each frame. And remember: these spots are NOT on the negatives ...
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Must be a scanning issue then. If they're not on the negatives then it's not to do with your camera, right?
Steve M. said:
Why does this not surprise me.

I recommend buying a Bessa R. Not as cool looking, but the meter is to die for, and it always brings home the shots. Having a 1/2000 top shutter speed is a godsend in bright light w/ 400 ISO film too. You won't be sorry.
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Yawn. Same boring old tune. There's nothing wrong with his camera, he just needs to buy a scanner.
 
This is one of the reasons I like to do my own processing. I almost always have one issue or another with the labs I have used. The spot looks like an indentation, which is pretty much impossible to get in exactly the same place on every frame. Even a pinhole leak would vary in brightness depending on the period of time between shots.

Take your negs to another lab and get them scanned again.
 
xwhatsit said:
Must be a scanning issue then. If they're not on the negatives then it's not to do with your camera, right?

Yawn. Same boring old tune. There's nothing wrong with his camera, he just needs to buy a scanner.
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Seconded Paul, the more i thought on it this PM the more it looked towards a process/scan issue. I think your gut feeling is the same? if so , stick with it.
You know all the negs i have with problems have been lab developed XP&BW.

waste of time replying to anything from Steve, the last time he mentioned a Bessa it was pointed out that Paul has one already. Sad.
 
Go back to whoever did the prints and get a new set done. You paid them for it and it should be done properly.

The scanner will probably have saved the scans for a while just in case, if it's like my local one. I've had similar marks appear on prints and the second set was OK. It could be they didn't clean the thing properly...

Regards, David
 
Paul,
Nothing on the negs so it pretty much has to be the processing. Likely something in the scanner. I suspect that even though XP2 is BW that the scans are rgb ? Which could give you that magenta artifact on them. Ask 'em to clean the machine and for new scans and I think you should be ok.
Maybe the lab needs a Bessa....:D
Rob
 
maybe it's just very faint on the negative. so faint that you cant really tell...
I have a feeling it's the camera and not the scanner. Get someone else to scan it!
 
Thanks all. As for you, Steve M, I HAVE a Bessa R, and I love it. I got the FED specifically for the fsu photo contest. I repeat, I OWN a Bessa R, and I much enjoy it. I bought the FED for the fsu contest. Repeat ...
 
Paul, it's clearly pointless to argue with the guy.

I referred to him as a "soda fountain operator" in a recent thread and was promptly scolded by a mod, and my post removed. Mind you, "soda fountain operator" is a paraphrase of the much shorter, but synonymous term that I used at the time. I maintain he has all the qualifications of a "soda fountain operator."
 
I am much chagrined, much frustrated - and eating crow. The issue is a light leak. I was looking for a dark spot on the negs. The white spot is there, plain as day. The young processing/scanner fellow set up gear to examine the negs. Spots show clearly. The scanner had tried to compensate for the white spots, turing them dark as it could.
OK, if the leak is showing on the bottom left of the negs, the leak is at the top left, correct?. Gonna remove film and try again to find it ...
 
Surprise, surprise, surprise. No leak on partial second roll of xp2. I had pulled it in and out twice to check for leaks, so there are several accidental double exposures from miscounts - but no leaks! Negatives and scans look sharp and clean. I will post an example late tonight or early tomorrow ...
 
Steve M. said:
Why does this not surprise me.

I recommend buying a Bessa R. Not as cool looking, but the meter is to die for, and it always brings home the shots. Having a 1/2000 top shutter speed is a godsend in bright light w/ 400 ISO film too. You won't be sorry.
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I think my Bessa R is cool looking!...& mine is the silver version, not the much sought after black version!
 
batterytypehah! said:
Paul, it's clearly pointless to argue with the guy.

I referred to him as a "soda fountain operator" in a recent thread and was promptly scolded by a mod, and my post removed. Mind you, "soda fountain operator" is a paraphrase of the much shorter, but synonymous term that I used at the time. I maintain he has all the qualifications of a "soda fountain operator."
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I called him the FSU-troll, which he is and my post was removed (without a scolding though). Roger Hicks' suggestion was probably best - put him on block. He clearly isn't going to give up. Perhaps a few complaints are needed...
 
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