Leica M3 with Hologon 16/8

[Raid Amin]

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I have tried using my Hologon with the M240, M9, and M8. The M8 crops the view to that of a 21mm lens, and then the colors in the edges are fine. This time, I tried using the Hologon with an M3 and some old film just to see the corners and the overall rendition. I may have underexposed images as I did not have with me a meter. I guessed the exposure. I may switch to a Bessa T next.

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[Raid Amin]

I mailed the film to Dwayne's Camera for developing and scanning. I had no meter with me, so I guessed the exposure.

 

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[mann61]

Wonderful shots with a proper camera !

[a.noctilux]

Nice rendering.

I think it's better on film than digital M.

Some pictures have the corners a bit "soft spread" without becoming ennoying.

All pictures have a line across the wide side...

M3 or scanner or film processing ?

Strange that this one has some magenta shift at corners :

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[Raid Amin]

I have a second roll of film scanned. I noticed here the line across each image. How would I check out if it is the M3 that caused it?

[mmradman]

3 minutes ago, Raid Amin said:

I have a second roll of film scanned. I noticed here the line across each image. How would I check out if it is the M3 that caused it?

How did you digitised negatives?

[a.noctilux]

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In my experiences, when all the 38 images of the film have this type of line across, the body is the cause.

If on the negative, it's on the film pressure plate side, check the film pressure plate with a magnifier.

If it's the other sensitive side, it's more complicated.

[Raid Amin]

Thanks fir your tip to check the M3. I sent the film to Dwayne’s Canerax for developing and scanning. 

[Raid Amin]

There is a possibility that the lives were caused by the scanner.  Hopefully.

[mann61]

I would guess the line is the fault of their development. I remember having an E6 film processed years back and all of the slides had a scratch on them. The camera was a R8 and Internet wisdom said there were issues with the pressure plate. It got me worried. However the next lot of film came back from the same processor and were fine.

maybe change your processor. This will give you a real indication if it's the camera or not.

DM.

[Raid Amin]

I now have a film in the M3, so eventually I could mail the film to another lab for developing.

[mmradman]

2 hours ago, Raid Amin said:

There is a possibility that the lives were caused by the scanner.  Hopefully.

I would suspect scanner/processor.  Although line is regular it is uniformly coloured regardless of the background, that is not how mechanical screeches manifest themselves.

I assume you have developed negative, examining it under the good light and magnifying glass you may be able to spot such regular scratch (if any), it would also be visible in the gaps between the frames.

[Raid Amin]

I can do such  a negative examination today after work. You have identified a good point regarding the uniform colors.

[jankap]

Please load the camera with not used film. Perhaps you have a useless and not yet used roll somewhere.

Expose it for some pictures (10 or so) with or without lens cap.

Rewind and inspect the film without developing it. Mechanical damage in the camera should show op.

[Raid Amin]

Good tip! Thanks, I can do such a test.

[jankap]

The Hologon pictures are excellent. Do you use the center filter? To fight the vignetting.

[Raid Amin]

Thanks. Yes, the filter stays there all the time. 

[Raid Amin]

Here are some images from the second roll. Can you see any lines here?

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flaring up without a lenshood

[Raid Amin]

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These images are from an outdated roll of film. 

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[mmradman]

No scratches on the second film, lovely images.