Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I certainly sufferred this once where I'd be shooting a sunset through a long lens on a tripod. It wasn't until I developed the film that I saw this dark streak across the rest of the film. I then looked inside the camera (an old screw III) and repaired the hole with baking foil and masking tape. this held for the 2 years until I sold the camera! Jem > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerry Walden [SMTP:photos@gerrywalden.freeserve.co.uk] > > Could it be that there is a small hole in the shutter blind. I > understand that > this can occur if the camera is left in the sun (e.g. in the car window) > for > long enough for the focussed rays of the sun to burn through the shutter > blind. > > Gerry (UK)