Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep; I noticed the same thing when I ran some film with a borrowed Heliar. I would imagine it is normal. /Mitch > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Keene/Karen Shehade > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 1:57 PM > Subject: [Leica] Heliar 15 comments/ film spacing > > One thing I've noticed about shooting with the 15 Heliar on my Tower/Nicca > 5L... looking at the contact sheets it's apparent that the coverage is so > great that there is very little space between frame edges on the > negatives... the 15 actually produces more image sapce on the film, so > instead of, say, an 1/8th of an inch between frames, one is left with only > 1/16th of an inch (approximate guestimate). At first I thought my newly > CLA'd Nicca had to go back to the shop because of a film advance problem, > but I looked closer and saw that the spacing was'normal' where I'd used a > 50 or 35 lens. > Makes cutting the negatives abit of a challenge. I haven't run > film through > an M6 or M2 with the Helair, anybody else notice this?