kenneth_swoyer

<p>Hello Again!</p> <p>It seems like we've made a breakthrough thanks to you all. I very delicately cleaned the gunk/foam/whatever off the shutter which seems to work just fine after the cleaning. I'm going to shoot a roll outside this weekend to see if the problem has gone away. Thank you for all the input and stay tuned!</p>

<p>Shun - Do you think it could be the residue that's more in the middle of the shutter? It kind of looks bumpy and darker in the above photo. It looks like if it were going to scratch the film it would line up with the affected area. I'm just not sure how on earth that would be touching the film, it seems like there's a fair degree of clearance!</p>

<p>One more thing!</p> <p>I just cocked the shutter half way and I noticed a residue of on the shutter. If the shutter does indeed open in a curved motion this could potentially be scratching the film. I've posted a photo of the shutter residue and the roller residue, both of which I intend to clean. I'm kind of scared about cleaning the shutter...</p> <p><img src="http://s30.postimg.org/5ehk4ry5t/unnamed.jpg" alt="" /><br> <img src="http://postimg.org/image/fustw8n0l/" alt="" /></p>

<p>Hello Again,</p> <p>Thank you for all the great responses. I brought the camera to work with me so I can take a look at some of suggestions (just don't tell my boss).</p> <p>I still need to look closely at the negative - I did once before and it was on the negative however I did not try to rinse or clean it off. I'll also try to determine if they're scratches or in the actual exposure. I'm fairly sure they're in the exposure.</p> <p>Mary Doo - I have looked at the camera back, it appears very clean, the shutter looks to be in good shape. The camera was purchased from KEH a year or two ago so it has (theoretically) been inspected and cleaned fairly recently. I did notice on the first roller there's some kind of residue towards the lower end of the roller. I'm wondering if maybe the affected pictures are landing on that residue for an extended period of time. Anyway, I'll clean that up and see if it helps.</p> <p>Matthew Currie - The shutter seems to open vertically and the arms are off to the side and not near the affected area.</p> <p>Mark L Cooper - The marks happen randomly throughout a roll. Usually on only 2-4 photos. Some rolls not at all. And some photos are worse than others (I've posted a few more at the bottom of this post). I haven't paid much attention to if I was supporting the lens by hand or not but I'm almost certain I was not. The 24mm and 50mm are very light and I usually don't support the 85mm when I'm pressing the shutter release. I thought about the tighter grip idea but this camera is pretty solid, one of the reasons I love it - anyway, I'm not ruling that out. The marks are consistently in the exact same location even with the same line spacing.</p> <p>CPM van het Kaar - No filters are being used.</p> <p>One thing your questions have made me realize is that all of these photos were taken outside so the higher shutter speed idea is a possibility. I just can't see anything that would be hitting the film! I've also noticed they seem to be more pronounced on recent rolls than when I first noticed.</p> <p>Rodeo Joe - The camera was about $250 from KEH. Which, when considering processing fees, I'd happily buy a new one since I already have the lenses. Maybe that's the best way to go if we can't sort it out. Thanks for the compliments on the photo - Cuba is so beautiful it's almost cheating.</p> <p>E.J. - The streaks do not extend from one frame to the next.</p> <p><img src="http://s24.postimg.org/gst3afasl/19740014.jpg" alt="" /><br> <img src="http://s13.postimg.org/jqov47793/17790007.jpg" alt="" /><br> <img src="http://s21.postimg.org/4qmefyrdz/17780030.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Thank you all for the continuing help!</p> <p>-Casey</p>

<p>Thank you for all the quick replies! Definitely some good ideas to explore, I'll have to check out the camera and negative after I get home from work and report back!</p>

<p>Hello Forum Members!</p> <p>I've been reading this forum for years but this is my first post. I tried to see if this question had come up but cannot find anything - if I'm using the wrong search terms, my apology.</p> <p>I've been shooting on a used Nikon FM2n for about two years. On every roll I've taken in for processing it has been returned with curved streaks on a few of the photos. Not many, but 2-3 and it's bumming me out. Here is an example (see the darker lines to the right of the taller tower):</p> <p><img src="http://s29.postimg.org/6zlkvp3yf/13_0196.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="466" /><br> At first I thought maybe it was a lens issue. But I'm using three different lenses and see no regular patterns. Then I thought it was poor processing. I've taken film to three different places and it has happened with each one of them. Then I thought it might be a camera issue but I'm not quite sure how this could be caused by rubbing or something like that.</p> <p>Anyway, has anyone encountered anything like this? Am I just having bad processing luck? Maybe a leak in an iris (again this has happened with multiple lenses)?</p> <p>Thank you in advance!</p> <p>-Casey</p>

<p>Hello Forum Members!</p> <p>I've been reading this forum for years but this is my first post. I tried to see if this question had come up but cannot find anything - if I'm using the wrong search terms, my apology.</p> <p>I've been shooting on a used Nikon FM2n for about two years. On every roll I've taken in for processing it has been returned with curved streaks on a few of the photos. Not many, but 2-3 and it's bumming me out. Here is an example (see the darker lines to the right of the taller tower):</p> <p><img src="http://s29.postimg.org/6zlkvp3yf/13_0196.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>At first I thought maybe it was a lens issue. But I'm using three different lenses and see no regular patterns. Then I thought it was poor processing. I've taken film to three different places and it has happened with each one of them. Then I thought it might be a camera issue but I'm not quite sure how this could be caused by rubbing or something like that.</p> <p>Anyway, has anyone encountered anything like this? Am I just having bad processing luck? Maybe a leak in an iris (again this has happened with multiple lenses)?</p> <p>Thank you in advance!</p> <p>-Casey</p>