Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's basically what I did, except to put a pice of white paper over the film plane, and used it like a ground glass looking for vignetting. I did that to see what vignettes with the Noctilux. You can only use a single E60 standard filter (not a polarizer), or step up to at least 67mm to avoid vignetting with the Noctilux. Tom On Apr 20, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > Well.. on any M camera, open the back door. Set lens to F wide > open. Lock shutter to B ( shutter open) . Focus or not. > Look through the rear door at the corners through the extreme other > corner of the lens..... If you see anything other ( darker) > than image, you have vignetting. > > Now that is easy..... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > Not to mention the vignetting is easy to check on the M8 display! > With film, you have to process a roll, or stick a piece of paper over > the back and use it like a ground glass to see. > > Tom > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information