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Author Message   Gez Tinkerer Username: Gez Post Number: 164 Registered: 09-2007 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 12:32 pm:    About 90% of cases like this the problem is indeed shutter tapering, but is sometimes complicated by first curtain bounce. The first curtain at the end of its travel bounces back into the frame. In that case the first curtain brake neeeds adjusting. Curtain bounce can occur at all speeds not just 1/1000 sec.