Sounds like a loose shutter string falling down in front of the film
during exposure. It would only show up in shots at certain shutter
speeds. There is more in the archives, but that exhaustes my knowledge
on the subject.
Moose
Walker, Tim wrote:
>Dear OM Doctors,
>I'm having an intermittent fault with my OM4. Lately I have had a few
>returned prints (perhaps 10 in 72) which have a peculiar 'stain' on
>them.
>It is always exactly the same elongated arc shape, a thin line approx
>5mm wide, that is positioned in exactly the same place on the print - on
>the upper edge of the photo.
>It almost looks as though someone half placed a cup of coffee on the
>print (but it's not that circular).
>
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