Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/01

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Subject: Re: funny corners, the sequel...
From: Harrison McClary <hmphoto@delphi.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 11:47:19 -0500

I know Nikon used to cut a notch out of your film plane back so you could
identify which camera you were shooting with.  If you had 3 bodies they
would cut the notch in 3 different places. This way you could tell which
body a shoot was made with, and if that camera had a problem it was easy to
find the problem body.

I always thought this was a kinda cool thing as when shooting multiple
bodies it can get confusing which lens was on what body when a problem
happened.

Harrison McClary
http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto

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>Not that this matters so much but I find it intriguing that you can
>identify not only the lens but the camera from a full frame print.