Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow. LAME. For a close to $700 gadget, that's absurd. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Andrew Nemeth Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 12:47 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Compact M Motor - smearing image LHS A while back I reported that motorised sequences taken with the new Compact M Motor would smear the left hand side of shots following #1 in the sequence. Finally had some time to test this and can confirm that yes, it's a real problem at all shutter speeds when you have the motor set to the quiet(er) "I" setting. What appears to happen is that the shutter opens prior to the low-tourque-wind film has fully coming to rest, resulting in the LHS side of the frame being motion blurred. The proprortion of the frame ruined of course varies with the s/speed. At 1/250th only @ 1/8th of the frame is ruined. At 1/125th almost a third of the image gets smeared. However, set the motor to the louder & faster "II" setting and the smearing is gone, at all s/speeds. Here because there is no low-tourque monkeying about, the film is in place and stationary when the shutter curtain opens. So the moral of the story is: use "I" for one-off frames and stick to "II" for sequences. (I'll add this morsel to the FAQ later today.) Regds, Andrew Nemeth <http://4020.net> -> photos, 360° panoramic vrs, sounds <http://nemeng.com> -> vr java applets, leica faq, tech info