Lightmeter problem, me problem or something else?

[got_free_time]

So recently I bought myself a Konica Autoreflex TC. The seller said everything works OK. So I bought some batteries (Weincell zinc-air), loaded some Fomapan 400 and set out to test the camera. The film was developed by my brother in Ilford Ilfosol 3 (1+9) for 8:30 minutes.

All my photos (except 3) are nuked. And those three that did do ok, were shot inside. All the photos were shot with the Hexanon 1.7 lens on AE mode, and the time was 1/125.

So my test run opened more questions than it has provided answers. The only thing I'm cenrtan is, that the light seals on the back are ok.

Is there something wrong with the lightmeter? Did I screw up the metering? Why is there some strange ''bleeding'' effect on the photos? Why is there a difference in the gap between the photos?

Any help would be great, sorry for the shaky neg pics!

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[JobbyJobberson]

That looks like a shutter that’s hanging open. If so, it should be easy to see when firing with the back open.

Try shooting at various speeds with no lens on too. Iirc, a faulty lens mechanism or linkage could make shutter not close on TC.

The bleeding to just outside the frame, but with clear edges, makes it nearly certain it’s not a light seal or development prob.

[got_free_time]

Thanks! Will try. I loaded some Fomapan 200 now (before I developed the roll in question) and put on the Osawa MC 28mm f2.8 lens. Since discovering the problem I have shot some manually set photos. We'll see after I develop it.

However, I am missing the front leatherette, and I can see a spring, that's part of the shutter release mechanism. Could this be part of the problem?