A dark strip on the closing side could be from the second curtain
bouncing out into to film plane after the exposure, commonly referred to
as shutter bounce. This was very common inthe Nikon F, but rare in OMs
due to shutter / brake design.
John
Omer Nezih GEREK wrote:
>
> On Wed, 5 May 1999, Barry B. Bean wrote:
>
> > I've had this same problem on my OM-1n due to a faulty shutter - as I
> > understand it, the first screen doesn't make it all the way across,
> > and only closes when hit by the second screen. The result is a faster
> > effective shutter speed for one side of your shot than the other,
> > possibly leaving an unexposed section on one side.
> >
> > BBB
>
> The mismatching curtain speeds were talked about in this list before.
> But, anyway, wouldn't that make a gradual darkening up to the completely
> dark stripe, instead of a strip in the strict sense?
>
> OMer
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