Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a question for those list members using an O series replica. I have been using efke 25 and found I had good results with the O. However occasionally I had a band on the right side of the negative when I left the lens cap off for some minutes. As the manual says "it is recommended to leave the cap in place at all times except when taking a photo". Last weekend I tried a 400 ASA TMAX film in bright sunlight. The exposures were all 1/500th at f12 and I usually had the lens cap off for around 30 seconds while I framed the shot and released the shutter ( things do not happen fast with the O ;-) ). However most of my frames have a bar down the right side indicating a light leak. I suspect it is a characteristic of the camera that becomes apparent only with fast film as I guess most films were pretty slow in 1923 and my exposures with efke only rarely show this problem. However just in case it is my camera and not a characteristic which all of them exhibit can someone let me know if they have this problem with their O replica. A sample shot with the light leak is shown under "O series" on http://fr.photos.yahoo.com/jeffwill_nz Ignore the PAW album as I am too swamped with other stuff to keep up. Regards Jeff le kiwi - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html