Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary J Toop wrote: > > Hey group! > I have a feeling that someone out there can probably help me to > diagnose an intermittent problem with my (beloved) M-3, which has been > spoiling a certain number of shots. What is does is to leave a horizontal > band of over-exposed film near but not up to the top the frame. Usually > the band is slightly wider at the left end of the final print than the > right and the amount of over-exposure across the band is not even but > increases as you move towards the top of the frame. The amound of > over-exposure varies from being barely visible to being enough to > seriously obsure the image. > Does anyone have any ideas? At first I thought that it might be > due to the curtain notsweeping the picture evenly, but that doesn't > seem consistent with the fact that there is always correctly exposed film > on both sides of the band. > > Gary Gary, A horizontal overexposed band sounds rather strange in a camera with a horizontally running shutter. Are you sure it couldn't be a light leak? A large hole in the second curtain is a very long shot I suppose, assuming it is your practice to cock the shutter immediately after each shot. It sounds to me more like flair or a leak. Good luck, COlin