DSLR Photography Forum

I spent a great day on the South Bank in London recently.

I took quite a few pictures - 35mm through my Nikon F55.

This is a low quality example of one of the images from the negative - they all have this bar running across them at exactly the same point.

I have had this happen once before - does anybody know the definitive answer as to what has gone wrong?

I suspect it is at the processing stage (loading film into the spiral) but I cannot be certain.

That's what it looks like to me. Did you spool these yourself?

Yes I do my own B&W D&P.



I am wondering if I need to invest in a pair of new spools now.

One of my current ones seems to jam every now and then.

Doh! Sorry, can't offer any advice, but I feel your pain...

I used to do a lot of it, and got that if the film sticks to itself on the next revolution.
Sometimes spinning the middle bit faster, forces developer up past the sticky bit and loosens it.
That is if the developing tanks are the same as they were in 1958.
The bit that it sticks to would be the rear of the film further on.
Whoops just noticed you said all of them. Maybe camera shutter?

Load a processed film into the spool, in the dark the same way as normal, and then see what it looks like in daylight.