Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>i did experience one problem: on some seven or eight shots, >there are what appear to be streaks running horizontally across the frame, >as if the film were being wound over something, or as if a roller were >being rolled over the film. in those shots, there are a series of visible >horizontal lines that seem to run in groups, like a musical staff, across >the picture. they are visible, both on the proof and in the negs,but arenot >so pronounced as to obscure the image completely. obviously, however, they >are unacceptable and i'd like to get rid of them. > >when i looked over the notes i took when making those pictures, i noticed >that all of the shots in question were taken out of doors at either 1/500 >or 1/1000. none of the other images, shot at slower shutter speeds, were >affected. does any one have any idea what this might be? could it be >possible that the shutter curtain is making contact with the film as it >opens and shuts? i can't imagine what else it might be since frames right >next to the streaked ones are totally clean, no lines whatsoever. i suppose >that if had something to do with the film being advanced, or what-have-you, >those lines would appear over more of the shots, or, if not, at least not >only over those shot at 1/500 and 1/1000. > >guy