Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is how the sectors of the sensor are addressed in the camera. In severe underexposure, one can see this effect on both M8 and M9 bodies but usually not in relatively normal exposures. The camera should be sent to Leica and they can probably just remap the sensor and make it all shiny new again. Phil Forrest On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:10:04 +0100 Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote: > > > > > I have just noticed that some of my pictures are divided into two > equal areas with differing exposures (very subtle, hard to notice > when the picture is small), the dividing line crossing its surface > right in the middle. This seems to happen when the background is > grey, nothing shows up when the colours are bright. Some of the other > pictures of the series are "safe". Strange. Has this something to do > 1. with cold weather? (curtains being somewhat jammed)2. with > curtains not synchronized?3. with the sensor itself? Thanks for any > clues which might help me solve the problem. I had the body sent to > Solms last year, I hasn't been dropped since then ...Jean-Michel If > you look closely at this picture you will notice this partition line > right in the middle and then the subtle exposure difference, upwards > or > downwards.http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/ST+ODILE/L1067784.jpg.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest