Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll try to post a shot or two on SmugMug... Thanks... > Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 07:42:57 +0200 > From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Troubleshooting > > Gary, you refer to prints, have you examined the negs? > can you post a scan as is > ph > > > Gary Dalton wrote: > > >Thanks, Jim. I'm thinking CLA... > > > > > > > > > > > >>From: jhnichols at lighttube.net > >>To: lug at leica-users.org > >>Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 21:25:10 -0500 > >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Troubleshooting > >> > >>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 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Leica Users Group. > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. > >http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail? goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009