Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > _________________________________________________________________ > Share your photos without swamping your Inbox. Get Hotmail Extra Storage > today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html