diff --git a/frontend/src/create/review/Review.svelte b/frontend/src/create/review/Review.svelte
index 9911fa1..5df62c0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/create/review/Review.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/create/review/Review.svelte
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   import type { CalibratedCapture } from '../flow';
   import MultiSelect from './MultiSelect.svelte';
   import {
-    keptInOrder, moveItem, missingMinimums, roleLabel,
+    keptInOrder, moveItem, missingMinimums, roleLabel, resolvePhotoUrl,
     type LineupItem,
   } from './lineup';
 
@@ -171,7 +171,15 @@
     return m;
   };
 
+  // Object URLs minted from in-memory blobs; revoked on unmount/reload so the
+  // <img> src stays valid. A raw Blob assigned to src renders broken — it must
+  // be a blob: URL (bug: the first/Primary photo was the one carrying a blob).
+  let photoUrls: string[] = [];
+
   async function loadPhotos() {
+    // Revoke any previous object URLs before rebuilding the strip.
+    for (const u of photoUrls) URL.revokeObjectURL(u);
+    photoUrls = [];
     try {
       const rows: PhotoRow[] = await listPhotos(slabId);
       const byRole = inMemByRole();
@@ -180,9 +188,11 @@
         const role = r.role ?? 'batch';
         const n = seqByRole[role]++;
         const blob = (byRole.get(role)?.[n]) ?? null;
-        const url =
-          blob ??
-          (photoUrl(slabId, r.id, (r.has_processed ? 'processed' : 'original') as 'original' | 'processed'));
+        // Prefer the in-memory blob (fresh capture), as an object URL. Otherwise
+        // fall back to the stored photo endpoint (a plain string URL).
+        const endpoint = photoUrl(slabId, r.id, (r.has_processed ? 'processed' : 'original') as 'original' | 'processed');
+        const url = resolvePhotoUrl(blob, endpoint);
+        if (blob && blob.size > 0) photoUrls.push(url);
         return {
           id: r.id,
           role,
@@ -190,7 +200,7 @@
           kept: true,
           original: blob ?? new Blob(),
           processed: blob ?? null,
-          url: String(url),
+          url,
         };
       });
       photosLoaded = true;
@@ -201,6 +211,11 @@
     }
   }
 
+  onDestroy(() => {
+    for (const u of photoUrls) URL.revokeObjectURL(u);
+    photoUrls = [];
+  });
+
   // Whole-card tap = keep/remove toggle. A real drag (>6px) reorders and does NOT
   // toggle keep/remove — the threshold lives in the pointer handlers below.
   function toggleKeep(id: string) {
@@ -778,7 +793,12 @@
   .ph-hint { color: #8a8a8a; font-size: .72rem; margin: 0 0 8px; }
   .ph-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 8px; }
   @media (max-width: 420px) { .ph-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
-  .pcard { position: relative; aspect-ratio: 1; border: 2px solid #2a2a2a; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden; cursor: grab; background: #141414; }
+  .pcard { position: relative; aspect-ratio: 1; border: 2px solid #2a2a2a; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden; cursor: grab;
+    /* Gray checkerboard, matching the Capture lineup (MeasurePanel .lineup-item.png)
+       so transparent inventory PNGs read the same on both screens (bug2). */
+    background-color: #eee;
+    background-image: linear-gradient(45deg,#ccc 25%,transparent 25%),linear-gradient(-45deg,#ccc 25%,transparent 25%),linear-gradient(45deg,transparent 75%,#ccc 75%),linear-gradient(-45deg,transparent 75%,#ccc 75%);
+    background-size: 16px 16px; background-position: 0 0,0 8px,8px -8px,-8px 0; }
   .pcard:active { cursor: grabbing; }
   .pcard:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #00e5ff; outline-offset: 2px; }
   .pcard.kept { border-color: #444; }
diff --git a/frontend/src/create/review/lineup.test.ts b/frontend/src/create/review/lineup.test.ts
index 7899d6b..27be45d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/create/review/lineup.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/create/review/lineup.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   missingMinimums,
   lineupValid,
   roleLabel,
+  resolvePhotoUrl,
   type LineupItem,
 } from './lineup';
 
@@ -69,3 +70,14 @@ test('lineup: roleLabel is owner-facing', () => {
   assert.match(roleLabel('calibration'), /clean/);
   assert.match(roleLabel('overlay'), /overlay/);
 });
+
+test('lineup: resolvePhotoUrl turns an in-memory blob into a blob: URL (bug #1)', () => {
+  // The first/Primary (calibration) photo carries a fresh capture blob. It must
+  // become a valid object URL — never a raw Blob, never String(blob)="object Blob".
+  const blob = new Blob(['png-bytes'], { type: 'image/png' });
+  const fake = (b: Blob) => `blob:fake-${b.size}`;
+  assert.equal(resolvePhotoUrl(blob, '/api/endpoints/photo', fake), 'blob:fake-9');
+  // Empty/absent blob falls back to the stored endpoint.
+  assert.equal(resolvePhotoUrl(new Blob(), '/api/endpoints/photo', fake), '/api/endpoints/photo');
+  assert.equal(resolvePhotoUrl(null, '/api/endpoints/photo', fake), '/api/endpoints/photo');
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/create/review/lineup.ts b/frontend/src/create/review/lineup.ts
index b4fd348..bc931c8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/create/review/lineup.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/create/review/lineup.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ export function moveItem<T>(arr: T[], from: number, to: number): T[] {
  * clean calibration photo and one dimension-overlay copy. Returns the missing
  * role(s) so the UI can name them in a nudge.
  */
-export function missingMinimums(kept: LineupItem[]): PhotoRole[] {
+export function missingMinimums(items: LineupItem[]): PhotoRole[] {
+  const kept = items.filter((it) => it.kept);
   const missing: PhotoRole[] = [];
   if (!kept.some((it) => it.role === 'calibration')) missing.push('calibration');
   if (!kept.some((it) => it.role === 'overlay')) missing.push('overlay');
@@ -60,3 +61,22 @@ export function roleLabel(role: PhotoRole): string {
   if (role === 'overlay') return 'its dimension-overlay copy';
   return 'a batch photo';
 }
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the <img> src for a strip photo. The in-memory capture blob (fresh
+ * photo) must become a `blob:` object URL — assigning a raw Blob (or
+ * `String(blob)` = "object Blob") to `src` renders a broken image. That was
+ * bug #1: the first/Primary (calibration) photo is the one carrying a blob.
+ * When there is no usable blob, fall back to the stored photo endpoint.
+ *
+ * Pure + injectable: `createObjectUrl` defaults to `URL.createObjectURL` so it
+ * is unit-testable without a real DOM/Blob.
+ */
+export function resolvePhotoUrl(
+  blob: Blob | null,
+  endpoint: string,
+  createObjectUrl: (b: Blob) => string = (b) => URL.createObjectURL(b),
+): string {
+  if (blob && blob.size > 0) return createObjectUrl(blob);
+  return endpoint;
+}