What's that Reflection?

[bijesh]

Hi friends. Need some help here. Using a Wista 45SP. Having a problem when I am shooting at a downward angle. Some strange reflection seems to be entering the image. See attached images 1 & 2. Image 3 is the normal which is fine.
Someone on Facebook had suggested I look for leaks in the bellows, as when you try to focus close they extend beyond the base. But one image shows the subject at a normal distance and still the reflection is there.
What is happening here? What am I doing wrong?

[Darin Boville]

Looks like a double exposure--the ghost image is a focused image of some sort of mechanical device, maybe a television. If it was a leak you wouldn't have an image, just streaks. Not sure why only half of the image is ghosted (unless this is cropped from a horizontal shot--then I'd suspect the darkslide was partway in...

--Darin

[Jac@stafford.net]

Darin nailed it - double exposure. The faint image appears to include part of a park bench.

[bijesh]

Thanks Darin for the reply. Exactly what is bothering me. If it was a double exposure...why only the bottom half. The image is vertical. No Crop. That bench was left and below the subject.

[StoneNYC]

Do you have a lens shade?

Have you shot at the park with the same holder previously?

Can you account for all the images taken and framing? Perhaps you used one twice?

[Mark Sawyer]

Could be a pinhole image from a pinhole in the bellows or elsewhere. If it was a double exposure, I'd suspect the two exposures would be of equal density, and you'd also remember taking the second image.

[StoneNYC]

Could be a pinhole image from a pinhole in the bellows or elsewhere. If it was a double exposure, I'd suspect the two exposures would be of equal density, and you'd also remember taking the second image.

True, I agree it does look like a pinhole image, but never thought it could be so precise we to make a clear image of the bench, especially an accidental pinhole

Take your camera outside and load up a blank sheet of film, pull the dark slide and spend a minute or two with the slide out, move the camera all sort of directions in bright sunlight, then develop the film... That will tell you.

[bijesh]

Do you have a lens shade?

Have you shot at the park with the same holder previously?

Can you account for all the images taken and framing? Perhaps you used one twice?

Hi StoneNYC,
No i do not have a lens shade. And no...these were the first visits to the park for these holders.
Also all images accounted for. So whatever happened happened in Camera.

[bijesh]

Thanks StoneNYC and Mark.
Will try the testing method suggested.