On 29 Oct 2005 at 18:43, Toralf Lund wrote:

> So, you think the actual pattern suggests that this happened while the 
> film was in the camera? Would the fact that frame 15 has a similar, but 
> narrower, band also be consistent with that.

Definitely, if there is a band on frame 15 too that confirms it.

> Well, it's been a while since I shot those frames - the film has been 
> sitting in the camera for a while - so I don't remember exactly what I 
> did, and I didn't bother to take notes, either. What I can say, however, is
> 
>    1. I'm quite certain that the back wasn't opened at the time, or at
>       least, that I didn't ever notice that it was. There is of course a
>       slight possibility that it opened, then shut itself, as I carried
>       the camera in a bag.

OK I really don't think that was the cause, the light appears to have come in 
through the light box.

>    2. As you can see, I was playing around with a wide-angle lens at the
>       time. It was the Zenitar 16, which has a rear filter arrangement
>       (as you may know), and I was also changing the filters around a
>       bit, trying some shots with the coloured ones (being bored, and
>       lacking the inspiration to take really interesting pictures...)

Yes, red or yellow :-)

>    3. It is definitely possible that I messed up somehow on frame 18 -
>       that's why frame 19 has essentially the same shot.

I'll bet it was gross over-exposure.

> So can overexposure really have consequences like this? I never realised...

Well you know now :-)

Cheers,


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