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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Vignetting
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:11:20 -0800

Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> This makes no sense to me.  The fact is, the emulsion of the film is on the
> exact same plane, no matter how thick the film is, and ALL light that hits
> the film MUST go through that plane.  Given that, it makes no sense that
> film thickness can have ANY effect at all on the phenomenon you are seeing.
> 
> It sounds like it could possibly be an aperture issue, not a film thickness
> issue.  Unless you do your tests with the exact same camera settings, I
> don't believe that test is very conclusive.
> 
> Please correct me if I am wrong.
> 
Yes but my thought was it penetrates the film and then bounces back inside the
film. 
It struck me as conceivable at the time that film thickness could be an issue in
the actual size of the image.
Mark Rabiner