Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] some first tries with a III
From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:49:21 +0200
References: <BAY8-F789PH3IhA1qfT00007d8e@hotmail.com>

Thanks you were right.All were shot at 1/500th .
Off to Leica then.
best regards
simon jessurun

> Simon, most likely the stripes you have are caused by the edges of the
> shutter curtains not being smooth.  They could have bumps or actually
frayed
> material.  When the shutter is set to the highest speeds, the slit moving
> across the frame is very small.  Slight deviations from the proper width
> will cause these stripes.
>
> To check for this problem fire your camera on B or T (if it has these
> settings) with the lens off and take a look at the condition of the edges
of
> the curtains.  If they are not perfectly smooth you need to have them
> replaced.  I had this done a few years ago and the problem, and my 150.00
> USD went away.
>
> The other option is to use slow shutter speeds.  This causes the slit to
be
> much wider, and therfore the bumps are a smaller % of the total width.  It
> doesn't eliminate the problem, but it can make it less noticable.
>
> Best wishes
> Dan States
> Grand Forks ND
>
>
> >From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> >Subject: [Leica] some first tries with a III
> >Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:02:41 +0200
> >
> >inside there are some things missing but gave it a go.
> >Some photos show parrallel stripes at one end what could those be?
> >Thanks
> >simon
> >http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-53063.html
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In reply to: Message from "Dan States" <dstate1@hotmail.com> (Re: [Leica] some first tries with a III)