Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary, I have a Leica IIIa that sometimes shows those characteristics at 1/500 and 1/1000, but it has been that way for 55 years, so I just avoid the higher speeds. If yours is down in the lower speeds, I suspect it needs shutter attention. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Dalton" <grdalton at hotmail.com> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 8:10 PM Subject: [Leica] Troubleshooting > > A black band is showing up on some of my prints. This band encroaches from > the right edge of a print (if you think of it as a landscape perspective) > in varying widths -- 1/10 of the way into the print all the way up to 2/3. > But, sometimes it's not there at all. If I am shooting from portrait > perspective, the black encroachment occurs at the top of the image. > > Regardless of how far it might extend into the image, the remaining part > of the exposed image can be just fine, even perfect. > > The line where the black band meets the "good" image is not usually a > clean cut line; I want to say it's fuzzy, soft, less opaque than the rest > of the black band. When it intrudes 2/3 the way across a print, it tends > to be more clean cut, with a more definite edge. It isn't soft or fuzzy. > > I am wondering if I have a shutter curtain issue... The bands appear way > to organized to simply be a leak. At least, that's my novice notion. > > Because it IS difficult to rewind a roll of film, I thought it might be a > film advance issue. But, none of the images seem to be overlapping each > other. If it weren't for the black bands encroaching from the edge, what I > composed would still be there. > > Your thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >