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Subject: [Leica] Troubleshooting
From: grdalton at hotmail.com (Gary Dalton)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 22:43:55 -0700
References: <BLU146-W3F311EDE8ADBB36B24CE2C6550@phx.gbl> <2E5AC1CF09AD4A37ABB49D28D88233E1@jimnichols> <BLU146-W30951A2200136A21A453F9C6550@phx.gbl> <4A1A2FE1.5000401@tele2.fr>

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...
> >
> >
> >
> >  
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> >>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?
> >>>
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In reply to: Message from grdalton at hotmail.com (Gary Dalton) ([Leica] Troubleshooting)
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Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] Troubleshooting)