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[quote]I developed the first roll of film shot with my Zorki 1C camera yesterday, but found that the negatives were full of white spots due to holes in the cloth shutter. I ordered new shutter curtains on Ebay, and in the meantime I have covered the holes on the old shutter with black paint.

It's a good thing that I got the extra FED 1 camera, I have been using it as a guinea pig for repairs. Last night I fully disassembled it to remove the shutter assembly, and then put it back together. It took a couple of tries to get it back together successfully, but I now know how everything fits together and works.

I finished developing and scanning the film from my test this morning. Here are a couple of samples. I was using Fuji Acros, and ID-11. The Acros seems a little slow for this camera, which made getting a sharp image handheld a little difficult. I'll use Neopan 400 on my next test.

[IMG]http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj268/Frontman7/Zorkitest045.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj268/Frontman7/Zorkitest046.jpg[/IMG]

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