Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps a washer as a shim under the cassette... slightly wider than the diameter of the cassette. Jim H. On 12/16/12 11:18 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Jim, > > As I see it, the film is riding too low as it passes the exposure > opening. I would try a shim on the cartridge end, to raise the > cartridge, and be sure that the takeup spool is pushed all of the way > up when it is inserted. My IIIa is packed away, but that is the way I > recall the mechanism. > > I'm not sure that cartridge spool dimensions are the same as they once > were. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Shulman" > <jshulman at judgecrater.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 8:58 PM > Subject: [Leica] Technical problem--suggestions? > > >> Shooting with my recently rehabbed Leica iiib, and love it! >> >> Unfortunately, it had (and has) an issue with frame placement?namely >> that >> the frame image is gapping by the top perforations, and descending >> into the >> lower perforations. Illustration here: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/samples+with+perforation+bleeds.jpg.html >> >> >> >> >> >> Any idea how to remedy this with standard 35mm cartridges (and not >> bulk-loading into my collection of FILCA cassettes <g>.) >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim Shulman >> >> Wynnewood, PA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >