Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike Dembinski wrote: > My M6 also demonstrates inconsistant overexposure at the top of the image, > which until now I have been ascribing to lens flare, filter flare - anything > but light leak. It happens to about four-five frames in 36, and for the life > of me I can't work out what it is. It does not affect the sprocket holes, > but a vaguely sausage-shaped area near the top of the image, where the neg > is more densely exposed. > > Are we talking similar symptoms, or is this some other fault? Mike: The "exposure" happens outside the image area. I checked my negatives over the past few years, and yes, the flare is there. Last night I loaded my M6 with a fresh roll of Tri-X, ran through the whole roll trying to hold the camera up to a bright light, and there was no flare. Maybe it has something to do with loading the camera in the daylight, the film, I don't know. I processed a roll just taken out of my R6 and it was there also????????????????????? I load the developing reels in total darkness, so who knows. I'll keep testing. Louis