After taking delivery of a mint-condition Linhof Master Technika, I was dismayed to find that out of the 50 sheets of film I shot over the course of several days, many were fogged pretty badly near the bottom of the image.
Long story short, I figured out that the film holders weren't seating right. They were about 2-3mm away from being all the way in. It was such a small difference I did not notice the problem. But my Tech IV did not exhibit this issue. It appears that the tolerances were so tight that the bottom of the GG panel was causing the holders to hitch.
I grabbed a rasp and took off maybe .001" of material. Just the paint really. Voilą, the film holder slides right in with no problem.
Is this a common issue? Just curious. I didn't want to do it but realistically, I didn't hurt anything except maybe some resale value at worst.
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