Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Were you at the beach or around open water and sky? If so then your hood isn't the problem. At 11:50 AM 11/14/2005, you wrote: >>OK, I got it... A full roll of film, with several shots vignetted in the >>corners. I always use a hood, but not all my hoods were made specifically >>for the lenses I use them on.. sometimes the hoods are for a generation >>before the lens. >> >>So now, to testing.... I have to figure out which combo I use that does not >>work right..... >> >>I may try the .. open the back and the shutter and just plain look at the >>corners through the back as you put the hood on, or I may have to try a >>roll >>of film and some reasonably straight forward record keeping..... >> >>We'll see..... >> >>Frank Filippone >>red735i@earthlink.net > >Opening the back and looking through the corners with the shutter open is >a lot more accurate, besides being cheaper and faster, than taking shots. > >It's very easy to see when a hood or filter impinges on the rays that go >to the corners, even when the result may be missed on anything but a truly >evenly lit, featureless surface. > >-- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 A0049