Proteus617
Established
A few months back, I received a roll from the lab. The last 15 frames looked like this:
Extreme capping. Today I broke out the repair tools and some curtain material. Before I started, I removed the lens and the back and fired the shutter at all speeds pointed at my CRT. Nothing wrong with it. Nada. Nice even diagonal stripes at all speeds. No capping, no banding. Perhaps I was the victim of a passing gremlin that stayed a while and moved on to a more expensive camera?
Extreme capping. Today I broke out the repair tools and some curtain material. Before I started, I removed the lens and the back and fired the shutter at all speeds pointed at my CRT. Nothing wrong with it. Nada. Nice even diagonal stripes at all speeds. No capping, no banding. Perhaps I was the victim of a passing gremlin that stayed a while and moved on to a more expensive camera?
oftheherd
Veteran
Did you go ahead and do a repair or decide to wait and see if the enforced rest cured the problem?
Proteus617
Established
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just before my bad roll, I had patched the curtain. I'm thinking that I may have introduced a piece of crud into the mechanism during the patching that worked it's way out.
colyn
ישו משיח
Slide a white card into the film plane and fire the shutter starting with the highest speed first and see if you can see the entire frame..
payasam
a.k.a. Mukul Dube
You could hope or pray for metastasis...
Proteus617
Established
I can. Wouldn't the CRT test show any irregularities of curtain travel if they exist?
colyn
ישו משיח
I've never tried the CRT test so I can't comment on it..I've always used the white card..