Re: [Leica] Light leak in M6?

[D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>]

Did the affacted frames occur around the time you made a lens change?  If
so then you have might a light leak somewhere.

Dan K.

>My M6 is making one of its rare appearances away from the Leica repair
>department, so I took it to the Paris Air Show as my working camera.
>
>Looking through the resulting photos, I'm puzzled to see that one just
>three of the 73, there is a blue haze and general washed-out look on
>the right-hand side of the frame.
>
>Two of these were taken with a Russian 9cm f2 Jupiter, so I was
>tempted to blame the lens, but the third was taken with my normal 5cm
>Summicron.
>
>All three of the pics in question were taken with a shade in place and
>either in the shade or with the sun behind me, so I don't think it's
>flare. The only other possibility I can think of is a light leak - but
>if that was the case I'd expect to see many more affected frames given
>that I had the camera around my neck and with the lens cap off for
>several hours outdoors, and had about half a dozen lens changes
>outdoors.
>
>Can anyone suggest an alternative reason for the problem?
>
>Regards,
>
>Doug Richardson
>
>