Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Heliar 15 comments/ film spacing
From: csocolow <csocolow@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 11:38:04 -0500

Bob,

I have the same problem with my 21M Elmarit on my M2 and M3. Don't
recall if it happens on my M6 but rarely use it on that body anyway. Que
sera.

Carl Socolow

http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/
New email address: csocolow@mindspring.com

Bob Keene/Karen Shehade wrote:
> 
> One thing I've noticed about shooting with the 15 Heliar on my Tower/Nicca
> 5L... looking at the contact sheets it's apparent that the coverage is so
> great that there is very little space between frame edges on the
> negatives... the 15 actually produces more image sapce on the film, so
> instead of, say, an 1/8th of an inch between frames, one is left with only
> 1/16th of an inch (approximate guestimate). At first I thought my newly
> CLA'd Nicca had to go back to the shop because of a film advance problem,
> but I looked closer and saw that the spacing was'normal' where I'd used a
> 50 or 35 lens.
> Makes cutting the negatives abit of a challenge. I haven't run film through
> an M6 or M2 with the Helair, anybody else notice this?
> 
> Bob (my God! The Helair is taking up ALL the room on the FILM!!) Keene