Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/01
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Minox sub-minis have notches to help identify which negatives came from
what model. Stereo Realist cameras have one side notched to help identify
right and left exposures. Perhaps this is wide spread phenomenon.
Cheers!
kw
>Harrison McClary wrote:
>>
>> I know Nikon used to cut a notch out of your film plane back so you could
>> identify which camera you were shooting with. If you had 3 bodies they
>> would cut the notch in 3 different places. This way you could tell which
>> body a shoot was made with, and if that camera had a problem it was easy to
>> find the problem body.
>>
>> I always thought this was a kinda cool thing as when shooting multiple
>> bodies it can get confusing which lens was on what body when a problem
>> happened.
>> Interesting, Harrison. That could explain a used, beater M4 I looked at
>in a store the other day. It had a series of notches cut into the side of
>the film plane opening. Three or four, as I recall. I wondered at the
>time if soemthing had been attached to replace the back, but it may have
>been for identification. Not a bad idea.
>
>Bill Welch
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