Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i have a mystery leak in a IIIf repairmen say it is not possible so cannot be fixed black tape around a couple of spots (lugs & top/body seam) seem to have fixed it was only happening when camera spent a little time in bright light (as on car seat) then again, maybe it's only my imagination ric On Mar 11, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > I thought as much, but when it happened with three different FILCAs I > tended to look elsewhere. > > The mystery continues. > > J > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Mark Rabiner > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:53 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting technical problem--your thoughts? > > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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