Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for your question, Philippe... The negs are transparent where the blackened areas appear in the prints... A link to two troubled prints is below... The edge of the blacked out area would appear to be the edge of the shutter, right? Could the discrepancy in size of the blackened areas be a function of the speed selected for each shot? Doug suggested that the shutter is "capping" ... and a CLA as the cure.... http://filmuser3.smugmug.com/gallery/8321924_uSXgv/1/545203831_D8p2k > Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 07:42:57 +0200 > From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Troubleshooting > > Gary, you refer to prints, have you examined the negs? > can you post a scan as is > ph > > > Gary Dalton wrote: > > >Thanks, Jim. I'm thinking CLA... > > > > > > > > > > > >>From: jhnichols at lighttube.net > >>To: lug at leica-users.org > >>Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 21:25:10 -0500 > >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Troubleshooting > >> > >>Gary, > >> > >>I have a Leica IIIa that sometimes shows those characteristics at 1/500 > >>and > >>1/1000, but it has been that way for 55 years, so I just avoid the > >>higher > >>speeds. If yours is down in the lower speeds, I suspect it needs shutter > >>attention. > >> > >>Jim Nichols > >>Tullahoma, TN USA > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Gary Dalton" <grdalton at hotmail.com> > >>To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> > >>Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 8:10 PM > >>Subject: [Leica] Troubleshooting > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>A black band is showing up on some of my prints. This band encroaches > >>>from > >>>the right edge of a print (if you think of it as a landscape > >>>perspective) > >>>in varying widths -- 1/10 of the way into the print all the way up to > >>>2/3. > >>>But, sometimes it's not there at all. If I am shooting from portrait > >>>perspective, the black encroachment occurs at the top of the image. > >>> > >>>Regardless of how far it might extend into the image, the remaining > >>>part > >>>of the exposed image can be just fine, even perfect. > >>> > >>>The line where the black band meets the "good" image is not usually a > >>>clean cut line; I want to say it's fuzzy, soft, less opaque than the > >>>rest > >>>of the black band. When it intrudes 2/3 the way across a print, it > >>>tends > >>>to be more clean cut, with a more definite edge. It isn't soft or fuzzy. > >>> > >>>I am wondering if I have a shutter curtain issue... The bands appear > >>>way > >>>to organized to simply be a leak. At least, that's my novice notion. > >>> > >>>Because it IS difficult to rewind a roll of film, I thought it might be > >>>a > >>>film advance issue. But, none of the images seem to be overlapping each > >>>other. If it weren't for the black bands encroaching from the edge, > >>>what I > >>>composed would still be there. > >>> > >>>Your thoughts? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>_________________________________________________________________ > >>>Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. > >>>http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Leica Users Group. > >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Leica Users Group. > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. > >http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009