What happened to this negative?

[ironhorse]

This roll of tri-x was taken with my M3 and developed and pushed 2 stops by a local lab. They were scanned with a Canon 8800f scanner. Some shots were normal and some like this. Any idea what happened?

Thanks

 

[enero]

Just to be clear, the negative is like that as well?

 

[jonmanjiro]

You shot with an M3? And get horizontal banding like that? Its gotta be a problem with the scanner. But double check your negs just to make sure they are normal.

 

[mfogiel]

Looks like a scanning problem.

 

[Photo_Smith]

Scanner. Possibly (I don't know your model) the calibration area is blocked, holder not positioned correctly etc
There are a few issues it could be but as it doesn't happen all the time I'll go for the holder .

 

[Sparrow]

I thought it looked like scanning too ... but the OP says it's like that on the neg

 

[jonmanjiro]

I think the thread title should really be "What happened to this scan".

 

[clayne]

Seeing as the M3 uses a horizontally traveling focal plane shutter, I'd have to say this is a scanning issue.

 

[ironhorse]

Thank you for the responses. The negatives themselves actually look pretty much normal and the same throughout the roll, but a number of them wind up looking like this, even after re-scans. The holders were positioned correctly.

 

[charjohncarter]

Try a different scanner.

 

[Sparrow]

Try a different scanner.

... that would be my advice too

 

[Photo_Smith]

If it has some kind of auto frame edge sensing it might cause this?
Try putting the film (of the affected frame) in the other way round or even upside down.

You could also download Vuescan and try to use that, failing that the reinstall the scan software and set it back to factory.

 

[Ronald M]

Take scanner off automatic. They will all become correct

 

[jtm6]

If it has some kind of auto frame edge sensing it might cause this?.

Just last night I ran into this problem for the first time. One frame out of 38 was being auto-cropped incorrectly. Once I turned off the autoframing and scanned it just as one long strip, everything appeared fine.