Re: [Leica] Shutter Problem??

[Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>]

Sounds like a light leak. Were you changing lenses between those frames?

Tom

At 08:49 PM 1/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear LUGers,
>
>Just in case any of the details turn out to be important, let me tell you
>the minutest details I can recall.  The camera involved is an M6 about six
>or seven years old.  It was returned to Leica USA two years ago for a stuck
>film advance.
>
>I just got a bunch of color prints back from the camera store (Kodak Pro
>400) and was startled to see some kind of problem. The film's expiration
>date is still a few months away, and it was stored in the refrigerator.
>Unfortunately, the exposed film had been sitting in the camera since early
>October. Yes, I know.... I don't usually do that...:)
>
>All the indoor and low-light pictures appear to be evenly exposed.  And
>most of the outdoor photos are also okay.  However, three of the ' outdoor
>daylight' photos have problems.
>
>Two of the three have a lighter area (less than half a stop, I would guess)
>running vertically along the extreme left edge, most noticeable in the top
>third where there is blue sky. This light streak covers only about 1/10 of
>the picture area.  The third photo shows a thin dark vertical streak at the
>extreme left, followed by an equally thin light streak followed by another
>dark streak. The total area affected by this is the left third of the
>photo. The dark streaks in this last photo are at least one stop
>underexposed.
>
>Interestingly enough, these three photos are number 5, 6 and 7 on the roll.
>Outdoor photos immediately after these three appear unaffected.  In the
>next few days, I'll do a test roll of outdoor photos to see if the problem
>occurs again.
>
>In the meantime, does anyone (maybe many of you) have an idea about what
>the problem might be?
>
>Many thanks for any thoughts,
>Rich
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