Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leo, If you can look at the camera and lens in question, then put the shutter on B, trip the shutter, open the back, and look at the image coming off the lens. If there is a bright piece of chrome on the back of the lens or possibly a lens element shifted then you should see the bright part. To nail down the lens theory, put a standard fifty on the lens and see if it flares. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of leo wesson Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:22 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] ot: help! > http://homepage.mac.com/leosarv/mike/PhotoAlbum89.html Help! A friend of mine shot these pix with his K1000 (a+ for shooting film) and is getting these flares on some of his film. He thinks that it only occurs when he has his 35-70 zoom on the camera. It doesn't look like lens flare to me. I don't think it it is a light leak because the flare stays within the frame and does not extend to the sprockets. I think that if it was a shutter problem the flare would be sharper. It occurs in the same area of the frame each time, sometimes extending further across the frame. I guess that it might have something to do with the lens, but I am not familiar with what might cause it. Any ideas? Thanks Leo _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information