Friday, June 07, 2002, 3:57:33 PM, Chris wrote: CB> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Rob Studdert wrote:
>> I was reviewing a set of 35mm B&W negs that I just cut a sleeved and >> on one frame I noticed a strange aberration. The left hand side of the >> image has a distinct double exposure effect there are two copies of >> the image with a horizontal offset. Looking across the frame the >> difference between the images becomes less until at about 2/3 across >> is disappears completely and the neg appears sharp under a 20x >> magnification. CB> Since I can't think of any way that the shutter curtains could cause CB> something like that, I'd say that it has to be camera shake of some sort. CB> Maybe you jiggled the camera just a tiny, tiny bit, and the moment that CB> the movement stopped happened to coincide with the 2/3 point in the CB> exposure. If that's not the case, I have no idea. As it is on only one frame I think it's just wobble of the camera of some weird sort. The Praktica problem I mentioned would be visible in more images (and the LX would have to be pretty much destroyed inside to have similar problems I think, it's after all much much better designed) Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .