Re: [Leica] Light leak in M6?

[Mark Cohen <markc@creativephoto.com>]

Ok, so call me nuts, but I had to test this theory.

I brought out my 4800ws Speedotron Blackline power pack with a single
head. Pointed the head at the camera w/o a lens on it. In a completely
black room.  I popped, shot/advanced, 2pops ... etc for 16 frames, then
added the lens and repeated.. 


I developed the film (kodak 400 chromogenic film (c-41 process).. 

I had absolutely no light leaks. Clear film all the way through, and I
even checked it on the photolab's densitometer. -- nothing.  :)

So, my M6 might be special (I kindof doubt it) If you are haveing light
leaks you should have the camera checked. 

As for lens caps, I lost all of mine years ago :)  you'll hate yourself
when you snap off the perfect picture and look down to notice that the
lenscap was on for it :)

- -Mark





On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 InfinityDT@aol.com wrote:

> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:20:26 EDT
> From: InfinityDT@aol.com
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Light leak in M6?
> 
> In a message dated 7/8/99 12:08:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> pieter@world.std.com writes:
> 
> << BTW, does anyone know if there is a lens cap that fits over the 12501
>  shade for the M 21mm/3.4 Super Angulon?  Any home-brew solutions?
>   >>
> 
> My S/A's have plastic caps that fit the lenses but not the hoods.  There 
> aren't  any tabs for attaching a cap to the hood, and you probably wouldn't 
> want to stick velcro to it. Three solutions I have tried are 1)make a 
> cardboard cap (rectangular piece with 4 sides folded in, like an open box) 
> which would press-fit into the opening in the front of the hood, with a tab 
> on the outside (piece of tape folded over) to grab it by. 2) cut a piece of 
> cardboard or black flexible plastic to fit in the Series-VII filter recess in 
> the hood (you have to take the hood on and off to remove the cap). 3) find a 
> small, short leather or vinyl drawstring bag (mine was from a cheap 
> teleconverter) that fits over the whole lens and the drawstring holds it in 
> place.  Kind of like a falconer's hood.
> 
> DT
>