Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 25 May 1996, Ken Wilcox wrote: > Tom: > > I found one of the references in my literature to the larger negative > rendered by the Super Angulon 21mm f3.4. > > From "The Leica Book" 1971 by Theo Kisselbach: > > Pictures taken with Super-Angulon can be recognized on the Leica > film by their larger size exceeding the normal pictures by a few > tenths of a mm. The gaps between the negatives are therefore > narrower. > > I know I have seen this mentioned other places, but can't find them. > > If you examine yur Leica M inside the back door, you wil find that the film > does not press against the aparture at the rear of the shutter, but rests > on film rails and is in fact held a few tenths of a mm away from the > opening. > > Cheers! > > kw > > ---- > Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits > Davison Middle School preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> > 600 Dayton, Davison, MI 48423 > <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org> > > > It has been observed that the wideangle lenses on 35mm focal plane shutter cameras often give a slightly larger frame on the film. The wide angle causes image to creep under the shutter. My Hologon Ultrawide camera with 15mm f/8 lens makes frames that actually butt each other. Tough printing, as you don't want to cut anything out. Ed Meyers