Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Due to some as yet unexplained phenomenon, it seems as if every frame of a negative strip that I end up wishing to print is on the end, and I always have trouble keeping the film from falling into the opening when printing full frame. I agree that glass is the way to go to get flat negatives, but the DUST........:-( Dan C. At 03:45 PM 03-03-00 +0000, Mike Johnston wrote: >Richard, >Your enlarging problem could be that you're letting the end of the >negative strip "fall off" the edge of the negative carrier--check to see >if you notice the problem you described only on negatives that happen to >be at the end of the negative strip. When the end of a strip in a >glassless carrier isn't supported, it curls downward and creates the >situation you describe--an even "bar" of poor focus all the way down >only one edge of the negative. > >Even with a half-glass carrier (the only kind I will use for 35mm), all >four edges of the negative have to be supported by the edges of the >cutaway or insert. > >--Mike > > >