Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like a re loadable cassette at the end of its run. Time to replace. Happened to me a million times. You can try to keep them out of the sun but you'll get this anyway. On 3/11/14 8:07 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Jim, > > My original Leica, which I still have, was a IIIa. I shot numerous > rolls of bulk film, but I loaded the film into Kodak cartridges, which > were fairly simple to separate and reassemble. I don't recall ever > seeing anything like your example, which shows the fogging goes to the > edge of the film stock. I have never used Leica cartridges, but seem to > recall they have a felt seal. I think the problem stems from the > cartridge. Perhaps a loose felt strip that only bends back on occasion. > > Just my two cents. > > PS: Does the "leak" always show up in the same spot relative to the > frame, or is the placement more random? > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 3/11/2014 6:44 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: >> Well, I've been shooting with my IIIb/SCNOO ensemble for a few weeks, and >> love it. >> >> >> >> With one exception: >> >> >> >> The other day I was merrily shooting away with Kodak 5222 loaded into >> several of the Leica metal FILCA cartridges for the IIIb/SCNOO >> combination. After processing, I noticed that several of the frames >> seemed >> to have a strange fogging, almost like a crescent dagger from the bottom >> of >> the frame (bottom, as in what was in the bottom of the camera) about every >> so often, maybe five frames total out of 40. These came when I was >> shooting in regular daylight--some bright sun, some shade, and did my film >> loading in subdued light (or indoors). I've attached an image file >> showing >> the offending "dagger" fogging. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/filca+fog.jpg.html >> >> >> >> >> >> Seemed strange. So I ran a side-by-side test at end of day, first >> shooting >> a roll of FILCA-loaded Kodak 5222, then a roll of Fuji Acros 100 in the >> standard Fuji metal cartridge. Both came out fine with no dagger-like >> fogging. The sun was out, but not brightly. >> >> >> >> I thought I might have misloaded the FILCAs for some reason, so I loaded >> another and went out shooting in regular bright daylight. Again, every so >> often there was the dagger-like fog at the bottom of the occasional frame >> (and no pattern to the "daggers"; they appeared irregularly.) >> >> >> >> Yesterday, I ran another test: I shot a roll of very old Plus-X, in the >> standard Kodak cartridge, in bright sunlight. I took off the lens and >> aimed the camera at the bright sun; I shot in brightly lit areas, I shot >> in >> dim areas. No fogging whatsoever on the film. >> >> >> >> Any idea what's happening? If it were a camera light leak, it would have >> happened on all types of film cartridges, both standard and Leica FILCA. >> If it were a FILCA problem alone, it would have leaked when I shot toward >> the end of day (in the double-blind test). If it were a darkroom loading >> problem, it would have happened to all my film. >> >> >> >> One suggestion I've received is that there's a tiny light leak near the >> take-up spool, based on the sharp definition of the leak pattern. If >> that's the case, though, why not on both FILCA and non-FILCA loads? After >> all, the take up spool has nothing to do with the type of film cartridge. >> >> >> >> As the King said, "It is a puzzlement". >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim Shulman >> >> Wynnewood, PA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/