[Leica] MUCH Better! 617 Tests

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Its not a pressure plate issue as that would be scratching the base side and
you'd have a white line not black line. Its between the film and the front
of the camera.

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:50:35 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Cc: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>, Frank Filippone
> <red735i at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Leica] MUCH Better! 617 Tests
> 
> Alright, these look much better:
> 
> 150mm Fuji @F32
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121019-Scanned-12.jpg
> 
> 90mm Fuji @F32
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121019-Scanned-13.jpg
> 
> Thank you all for indulging my long winded posting and helping me to get
> this right, especially to Frank and Mark.
> 
> I'm not entirely how I eff'ed up yesterday but at least I know if I dot all
> the I's and cross all the T's, I can do this.
> 
> I will make some sample print, just to see.
> 
> Now there is just one problem, ALL negatives so far have a horizontal line
> across, just slightly below the bottom third, I believe. You can see this
> in the enlarged section:
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121019-Scanned-13-1.jpg
> 
> I saw that yesterday already and I triple-cleaned the film holder and the
> darkslide and I don't know where it may come from.
> 
> p.s. I checked the film flatness in the holder, and it really should not be
> an issue as the pressure plate should hold the film fairly tight against
> the film rails.
> 
> Thanks again!!
> 
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> 
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