Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lug-nuts Leica was the first to use perforated film so why doesn't Leica take the lead and develop a camera transport system that uses full width 35mm film without those useless holes and stone age sprockets? Pinch-rollers are quite adequate and can (for instance) position a magnetic tape on a computor tape drive within microns. Vacuum on the pressure plate(head) and chrome guides ensures media flatness, so the "margin" is not required. The vacuum also gives excellent start/stop performance. This would give over 20% extra film area for free. With present lenses there would be only a tiny amount of corner vignetting, if any. I believe Leica was left out of the APS scam so why dont they hit back with a meaningful advance. I am sure that Leica could do it. Star Wars 2. Flatten the opposition with precision engineering. Or am I missing something obvious here. Alan Hull