Light Leaks and Frame Burns

Light leaks and frame burns are naturally unique to the analog process. Light leaks happen when light leaks through gaps in the camera and exposes some of the film that's supposed to be fully contained. Sometimes, it happens in the film canister loading process, depending on the manufacturer. These marks can be in different shapes and sizes. Frame burns happen in the beginning of the film roll. If you take a picture without advancing the film enough after loading, you might take a picture over the parts of the roll that got exposed when you pulled out the film to load it. These can be seen as they come up from one side and are generally in a straight line, usually from the left if the picture is horizontal and from the bottom or top if vertical, depending on how I was holding the camera.

Here are my favorites:

Roll 07 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 28 2.8 - Fujifilm C200

Roll 18 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 28 2.8 - JCH Street Pan 400

Roll 46 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 50 1.8 - Amber D100

Roll 51 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 50 1.2 - Amber T800

Roll 65 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 28 2.8 - Kodak Colorplus 200

Roll 72 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 50 1.2 - Ilford FP4 Plus

Roll 79 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 28.2.8 - Lomochrome Metropolis (200)

Roll 79 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 28.2.8 - Lomochrome Metropolis (200)

Roll 79 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 28.2.8 - Lomochrome Metropolis (200)

Roll 85 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 50 1.2 - Cinestill 800T

Roll 93 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 50 1.2 - Santacolor 100

Roll 100 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 85 1.2L - Santacolor 100

Roll 99 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 85 1.2L - Reflx Lab 800 Tungsten

Roll 105

Roll 105 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 85 1.2L - Candido 400 Daylight

Roll 106 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 85 1.2L - Fujifilm 100

Roll 107 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 85 1.2L - Wolfen NC400

Roll 110 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 85 1.2L - Kodak Portra 400

Roll 114 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 50 1.2 - Fujifilm C200

Roll 116 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 50 1.2 - Fujifilm C200

Roll 124 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 35 2 - Lomography Color Negative 800

Roll 128 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 35 2 - Lomography 100

Roll 129 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 50 1.2 - Fujifilm C200

Roll 131 - Canon AE-1 Program - FD 35 2 - Kodak ProImage 100

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