Camera or Development Problem?

[Brian Moore]

Used my FED 3 for the first time in a long time and developed two rolls out of it last week. Big problem! I'd used the camera before and it had produced some fine foties. Not now. Out of two rolls of 24 exposure I got 1 fotie that did not have the problem. It is the first fotie below. The following three foties are examples of the problem from least obvious to most. Every fotie on both rolls showed the problem to one degree or another except the first fotie below.

Both rolls were developed in the same can of soup. One was Ilford Delta 100 the other Fomapan 100.

I diluted the Rodinal 1:100 and used a 60 minute stand dev process.

The problem always shows up on the same side of the frame.

I'm thinking it's the camera. What do you think?

 

[Pete Askew]

That's a camera problem Brian. Those are multiple images of the aperture iris. My guess is that the shutter is sticking at the end of the exposure and it seems that might be a problem (see fed3 camera - YouTube). I guess it didn't show on the first shot 'cos it was so dark. It might improve after more use (my guess is that the oil has dried up), or it might need a clean and lubricate.

 

[Brian Moore]

Thank you, Pete. Sticky shutter makes sense since that camera sat a long while unused. And now that you mention it I can see the shape of the iris in the white spots. Many thanks!