Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/03

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Unintended panoramic shots
From: David Prakel <dgp@btconnect.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 22:15:38 +0100

on 3/7/2001 8:01 am, Rob McClure at owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
wrote:

> I recently got back a roll of Fuji 1600 I had processed at a one hour photo
> lab.  Four of the prints were panoramic format (4" X 12") though, to my
> knowledge, no Leica M has this feature.  The results are strange to say the
> least with cut off heads and serious grain.  The lab claims this is the way
> the machine read the negatives (which look normal to me) and can do nothing
> to print 4" X 6" prints.  Anyone have a similar experience or know what in
> the heck is going on?

Sounds like the minilab reads the Neopan 1600 edge code as an instruction
for Panoramics. I would have thought that anyone running the minilab with
half a brain would realise the problem and set the print size to a manual
over-ride.

I'd tell the lab this, get them to run a set of reprints and then find
another minilab!


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David Prakel