Folks,
I'm having a slight issue with an old, beat-up MX I bought for next to
nothing a year or two ago (not sure if I told anyone here.) On the last
film I shot with it, a large number of frames only came out as partially
exposed. To show you what I'm talking about, I went ahead and scanned
the entire film (well, I probably wanted digital versions of some
pictures anyway.) Here is an "index file" produced during this process:
http://www.toralf.net/images/mxError.jpg
All images have the "natural" orientation of the film, and they are
ordered according to frame no, and split into the same "strips" as the
film itself.
As you can see, there is often data missing, always on the same side,
but the amount varies. There are also a few "blanks", but this might of
course be caused by something else entirely. I think I saw something
like this earlier, too, but then there were only 2 or 3 incidents
throughout the film.
So, what do you reckon? Is the shutter broken, or what? If it is, would
it be worth fixing? Also, if the curtains stick or whatever, why not all
the time? (Different exposure times?) Or alternatively, is there
something else that might cause something like this? I mean, besides
actually blocking parts of the lens, as surely I would have noticed that
in the viewfinder.
- Toralf
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