Long scratch on film from Bessa-T

nuckabean

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I picked up a Bessa-T at a camera show in seemingly perfect condition. I've enjoyed using it but I just got a roll of slides back and a few of the slides have what comes out as a cyan line going through the frame and you can see the physical scratch if you hold it up to the light. It's not very long, only shows up in a few shots and never fills the whole frame but it's annoying all the same. It's at the same height in every picture that it appears. What could be doing this? I had similar issues with the other roll I shot with this camera but I haven't checked the two together to see if the scratches are in the same place. Have I just had bad luck with processing both times? That seems unlikely even though I wish that was the case.

Here's a shot from the first roll where it appeared. It's not as drastic as the second one but if you enlarge it to "original" size you can see the scratch about 3/4 of the way down the frame.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47269693@N00/3280620268/

Thanks all for your help!
 
If it is only one roll, I would try another before blaming the camera: it could be a bad film cassette, or the film scratched in development.
 
Is the scratch at the end of the roll? I had a problem with my Bessa L where a small grain in the take up area scratched the film. But only the last few frames.

Ola
 
I had the same problem on my R3A. I bought the camera used and the first roll came out scratched. i started to freak out, bought another roll, and never seen the problem since.

maybe we loaded the film wrong?
 
Well it was a large amount on my first roll, less on my 2nd roll, and my third roll has a scratch on like only one frame so I think I'm in the clear.
 
Since the "scratch" has a color cast I would check and clean the film scanner. One or two blocked pixels on a scanner can give a color line like that as it travels across the film. If there's dust in there, the "scratch" may come back.
 
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