Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Negative size
From: George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 05:50:31 -0600

At 09:44 PM 22/06/98 -0500, you wrote:
>It is true. Wide angle lenses (maybe just those not retrofocus, I'm not
>sure) do project images at a bit larger and smaller image circles. They are
>so close to the film plane that the angle of the light cone is such that it
>makes it past the film mask next to the shutter and makes the image on film
>bigger. That's why the spaces between frames with older Leicas and their
>lenses don't appear even, even though the camera is actually framing
>evenly. It's different lenses that make them look uneven.
>
Thanks for this everyone.  I learned something new and interesting from
this.  I had always assumed that the 35m frame size was always the same,
regardless of which lens was used.

- -GH