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What's the cause of this Leica M6 light leak?
At first glance, I suspected a bad seal on your camera back. But then I noticed the pattern on the last sample image. It looks like the light leak occurred during development, due to the light "shadow"...
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How can I use 400 ASA film in a Leica IIIf, which does not have options higher than 100?
I don't think this model has a built-in light meter. The dial you are referring to is just a reminder indicator. You set it when you load film and then weeks later when you pick up the camera, you ...
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Are these light leaks caused by a problem with my Leica M6, or could they have happened in the development process?
These images were made using a negative color film. The left edge of these images show plus density on the positive images you posted. That translates to the fact that the corresponding areas of the ...
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What's the cause of this Leica M6 light leak?
I have a very similar light leak on my m6 and I'm pretty sure I just figured out that it's coming from a the tiny plastic plugs that held the strap pad (correct term?) in place on the right side of ...
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What's the cause of this Leica M6 light leak?
No, this does NOT look like a light leak during development.
This is most likely a light leak at the top of takeup area in the camera. Most cameras move the film from the cartridge at left to the ...
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What means lens optical characteristics?
Lens makers strive to make lenses that deliver a faithful image. This has never been achieved, because all lenses suffer from aberrations (optical jargon for error). There are 7 major aberrations. To ...
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Horizontal line across beginning of film roll
If it’s limited to just the first few frames, there are two likely causes:
It could have been caused while rolling the film in the developing holder or while removing the excess humidity on the film ...
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Can I use new "designed-for-digital" Leica lenses with a Leica film body?
The Leica M mount is the Leica M mount. Whether the camera is film or digital, a Leica M lens should work with a Leica M mount camera.
In the other hand, Leica L mount lenses (introduced in 2014) ...
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Could I use a color card in an image to colorize images taken by a monochrome camera?
If I simply include a color card in the image. Will I be able to capture color information perfectly?
No. A color target recorded in monochrome does not carry the information necessary to reconstruct ...
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Are there any budget alternative for digital cameras that don't have an LCD/Display?
You mean for a viewfinder, or as a data display? Most regular DSLRs have a display that's switchable between each display type, or you can just turn it around so it faces into the body & close it.
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Are there any 3rd-party TTL Leica flash options?
My conclusion as well: you can only get M-TTL with Leica-branded OEM flash gear on a Leica camera. I haven't run across any 3rd-party options. It's possible that Leica-branded Panasonic cameras could ...
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Leica Q2M JPG files cannot be read by any of my Ubuntu (21.10) image software
I've concluded that this is a hardware issue. An external USB card reader works properly; there's nothing wrong or unusual about the files involved.
The machine is a fairly old (2013) Dell Inspiron 15&...
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How to load Leica IIIf to avoid problems with film advance, ripped sprocket holes, and short leader?
Old Leica screw-mount cameras were designed to be used with longer leaders. You have two options:
Reshape the leader with scissors or other cutting implement. You may make or purchase a leader ...
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Which kinds of lenses can be mounted on or adapted to the Leica M-Mount?
When it comes to adapting lenses with simple ring adapters so that they'll still focus to infinity, the issue is merely one of image-plane to lens mount depth. Because a ring takes up physical space, ...
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Could I use a color card in an image to colorize images taken by a monochrome camera?
No, but you could get a sturdy tripod and three colour filters (red, green and blue). If you shoot the same scene using each of the three filters, you can combine the three monochrome images to make a ...
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Are there any 3rd-party TTL Leica flash options?
Profoto Connect Pro now comes in a Leica version
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Are there any budget alternative for digital cameras that don't have an LCD/Display?
I think you (and others thinking about something like this) should not prematurely dismiss film. I have a Rolleiflex TLR which I love using. People shoot different quantities of images, but to give an ...
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Are there any budget alternative for digital cameras that don't have an LCD/Display?
You could put a gaffer-tape over the screen and turn off the image playback.
Neither of them is destructive / expensive :)
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Are there any budget alternative for digital cameras that don't have an LCD/Display?
Sony DSC-R1 may be worth a thought. Its 2" LCD folded on top of the camera is nice for framing, but kind of useless for "sneak-peaking" since the optics and resolution of the camera ...
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What means lens optical characteristics?
It means less distortion, less color aberration, less vignetting, a bit more sharpness.
This said the smartphone-ish look of your pictures could come from the sensor or the post processing and have ...
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What might have caused this Leica M6 light leak?
The light leak only appears on one of two rolls of film: This suggests the problem is not the camera.
The light leak only appears on the first three images: This would suggest to me either a film ...
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Could I use a color card in an image to colorize images taken by a monochrome camera?
One photographs a color card to aid in white balancing in post. The colors on the card are known values and need to be photographed in the same lighting as the images to be modified. Hard shadows ...
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Horizontal line across beginning of film roll
I've seen this happen over the years. Ultimately, the culprit is either dirt/grit inside the camera or something inside the developing machine. Most of the time it's caused by debris in the camera ...
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Can I use new "designed-for-digital" Leica lenses with a Leica film body?
Assuming you are talking about a Leica "M" rangefinder camera and not one of the "R" SLR cameras.
You will not have any problems using any new "digital optimised" lenses with a film camera. One ...
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