Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Got any examples we can look at? On May 25, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Gary Dalton wrote: > > A black band is showing up on some of my prints. This band > encroaches from the right edge of a print (if you think of it as a > landscape perspective) in varying widths -- 1/10 of the way into > the print all the way up to 2/3. But, sometimes it's not there at > all. If I am shooting from portrait perspective, the black > encroachment occurs at the top of the image. > > Regardless of how far it might extend into the image, the remaining > part of the exposed image can be just fine, even perfect. > > The line where the black band meets the "good" image is not usually > a clean cut line; I want to say it's fuzzy, soft, less opaque than > the rest of the black band. When it intrudes 2/3 the way across a > print, it tends to be more clean cut, with a more definite edge. It > isn't soft or fuzzy. > > I am wondering if I have a shutter curtain issue... The bands > appear way to organized to simply be a leak. At least, that's my > novice notion. > > Because it IS difficult to rewind a roll of film, I thought it > might be a film advance issue. But, none of the images seem to be > overlapping each other. If it weren't for the black bands > encroaching from the edge, what I composed would still be there. > > Your thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein