Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Louis: Do you bulk load your film? Does it only happen on film you develop? If it happens with the R6 as well, it is either aprocessing problem, or you bulk loaded the film and light struck parts of it in the process. Regards, Robert At 04:44 PM 11/19/98 -0500, you wrote: >Mike Dembinski wrote: > >> My M6 also demonstrates inconsistant overexposure at the top of the image, >> which until now I have been ascribing to lens flare, filter flare - anything >> but light leak. It happens to about four-five frames in 36, and for the life >> of me I can't work out what it is. It does not affect the sprocket holes, >> but a vaguely sausage-shaped area near the top of the image, where the neg >> is more densely exposed. >> >> Are we talking similar symptoms, or is this some other fault? > >Mike: > >The "exposure" happens outside the image area. I checked my negatives >over the past few years, and yes, the flare is there. Last night I >loaded my M6 with a fresh roll of Tri-X, ran through the whole roll >trying to hold the camera up to a bright light, and there was no flare. >Maybe it has something to do with loading the camera in the daylight, >the film, I don't know. I processed a roll just taken out of my R6 and >it was there also????????????????????? > >I load the developing reels in total darkness, so who knows. I'll keep >testing. > >Louis > > > >