Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harold Gess wrote: > Greetings all > > I wonder wether anybody can give me an answer on behalf of a colleague here. > I remember a discussion a while ago of horizontal light leak streaks on > photographs made with the M6. I was shown some photos today with a > horizontal light streak appearing a couple of millimeters in from the edge > of the picture. (Very Odd!) This would be the edge of the film which was > toward the bottom-plate of the camera. > > Perhaps someone can recall what might cause this. > > Thanks in advance > > Harold > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my web site at: > http://hgphoto.home.ml.org > > You can send a short text message to my cellphone by sending e-mail to > 0837004303@sms.co.za. > Please ensure that mail sent for this purpose is in plain text only. > > My e-mail addresses are as follows: > haroldgess@journalist.com > gess@icon.co.za > Please use either of these to reach me and, lest you lose sight of it, have > a nice day! I have seen something similar to what you describe: I was told it is caused by static build-up discharging on rewind. This most likely occurs in dry winters (like New England climate), thicker film base, and or when using a motor drive. Peterg