Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, Thanks for the note. I think I might have figured it out. If I take the strip of film, (the negative in question, and 2 on either side of it) and turn it over so it lines up with the way it was actually in the camera, and hold it behind the camera with the back cover flipped up, I noticed something strange. The light leak (dark on the negative indicating extra light hitting the film) lines up perfectly with the right edge of the camera back opening where the back cover plate meets the right side of the camera body. So, the light might be coming in from where the right side of the back plate touches the camera back. So, my next question for anyone with an M6 is, how much lateral play do you have on the back plates of your M6 cameras? Can you slide your back plates left and right? Scott Sanders > ---------- > From: Jim Laurel > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 12:43 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 light leak question > > Scott, > 1) Is the "vertical band of light" you describe on the right or left side > of > the frame. > 2) Just to be clear, on a transparency, is it a dark or light band? > > --Jim Laurel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sanders, Scott" <ssanders@dailyherald.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 3:35 PM > Subject: [Leica] M6 light leak question > > > > I'm new to the list and figured I'd jump right in with a question. I > have > a > > new M6ttl and it looks as if it has a light leak. On some frames, but > not > > all, there is a vertical band of light coming from somewhere, about 1/3 > of > > the way into the picture area. Does anyone have any idea about what is > > causing this? > > Thanks > > Scott Sanders > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html