This past weekend I took my new Shen Hao 4x5 camera out for the first time. I had quite the adventure (so many things to remember, wind blowing the dark cloth in my face, etc.)And I came home with my first 2 pictures. I took the film (Velvia 100 Quickloads) to the lab and excitedly picked them up yesterday. Now my problem. On both of these pictures there is a large magenta discoloration in approximately the center of each frame. On both it appears that the left edge of the discoloration is nearly vertical. Any idea what caused it? On picture 1 I used a polarizer and a grad ND filter but I used no filters for Picture 2. The left edge of the of the discolorations appears straight vertical in both shots even though Picture 1 was shot in Portrait orientation and Picture 2 was shot in landscape orientation. So if it was something with the film I would think that the straight edge would be on the left for one shot and on the top for the other shot. I tried looking for light leaks in the camera last night with a bright light in a dark room but I couldn't find any. I'll try again tonight. All I can think of now is that the lens is causing it somehow. I got the lens used from the bay of E.
Any ideas? I'm really concerned about this.
Picture 1
Picture 2
I apologize about the quality of these pictures I don't yet have a scanner so I just took a picture of the transparency on my light box.
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