What's the problem here?

[meezy]

Hi there.
Does anybody know what would cause a photo to look like this? This is how every picture on that roll looks.
Zorki 3
400 ISO film
Thanks and looking forward to your responses.
~M!

 

[xayraa33]

That is the formation of ectoplasm caught before it was fully formed.
These are not visible to the naked eye but are caught on film.

 

[ruby.monkey]

Hole in your shutter curtain?

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

Snot on/in the lens?
A rip in the shutter curtain.
I doubt ectoplasm, unless it is a publicity-seeking variety, and it thinks you are a journalist.

 

[shawn]

Is it a new to you camera? Maybe a hole in the shutter curtain?

Shawn

 

[meezy]

thanks fellas... will check both for shutter holes and ectoplasmic traces...

 

[meezy]

No visible holes in the shutter curtain.
I've shot probably 5 rolls through this camera. This is the first time I'm seeing this phenomenon.

 

[meezy]

...and actually... it's not like this every frame... about half.

 

[Peter Jennings]

It could be a tiny hole that doesn't leak enough light to be noticeable when shooting successive shots. If there are long periods between shots, the leak would be more noticeable because more light would have been able to leak through.

 

[shawn]

It could be a tiny hole that doesn't leak enough light to be noticeable when shooting successive shots. If there are long periods between shots, the leak would be more noticeable because more light would have been able to leak through.

Along with that it would also vary depending upon which shutter has the hole, if the shutter is cocked or not and if the lens cap is on or off.

Shawn

 

[DHK]

Happens on all lenses?

 

[lxmike]

possible pin hole in the shutter

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

I suspect light leak.

Load a roll of film. Shoot four blank frames (e.g. with lens cap on). Leave camera in the light for a day with lens cap off. Then run thru four more blank frames.

Will show where the light leak is. Often the leak is affecting a frame other than the one in position. See this thread for an example.

In this case, I'm betting on a hole in shutter curtain.

 

[meezy]

It could be a tiny hole that doesn't leak enough light to be noticeable when shooting successive shots. If there are long periods between shots, the leak would be more noticeable because more light would have been able to leak through.

THAT MAKES SENSE!

 

[meezy]

I've actually not seen this happen when I used it in the past with two different lenses... a tiny hole in the shutter is sounding more and more likely.

 

[meezy]

Happens on all lenses?

I've actually not seen this happen when I used it in the past with two different lenses... a tiny hole in the shutter is sounding more and more likely.

 

[meezy]

I suspect light leak.

Load a roll of film. Shoot four blank frames (e.g. with lens cap on). Leave camera in the light for a day with lens cap off. Then run thru four more blank frames.

Will show where the light leak is. Often the leak is affecting a frame other than the one in position. See this thread for an example.

In this case, I'm betting on a hole in shutter curtain.

Wow - awesome thread... yes, I'll try that. Thank you!

 

[giganova]

Wormhole: a black hole as the portal to another universe!

 

[x-ray]

Apparition I'd guess;~}