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Re: [OM] Gary's lens test... blur

Subject: Re: [OM] Gary's lens test... blur
From: frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 02:00:30 +0200
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:34:26AM -0700, Winsor Crosby wrote:
> >On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:31:44AM -0400, JOHN SCHEUERER wrote:
> > 
> I don't see how the film is buckled.  The slot on the film cassette 
> is placed and angled so that the film goes straight from the outside 
> of the roll inside through the slot without a bend. 

Hmm, I´m sad to disappoint you. The film is bented somewhat. I`ve scanned a 
picture of
a buckled piece of film, as demonstrated iin teh swiss magazine.

see:
http://studweb.studserv.uni-stuttgart.de/studweb/users/mas/mas12462/
and follow the link:
"2`nd picture blurr problem "

regards, 
Frieder Faig

Possibly, if the 
> camera is badly designed it will not hold the cassette in the correct 
> position to feed straight to the film plane.  Allowing the cassette 
> to rotate could possibly buckle the film. On an OM you can't close 
> the camera back until the cassette is in the correct position with no 
> crimp for the exiting film. I am more inclined to think it is a 
> result of a badly designed motor drive system which requires a couple 
> of frames before the film is correctly tensioned to hold it flat.
> -- 
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
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