Leica M3 - frame distance too close

darkosaric · Apr 8, 2012

Hi,

as you can see in picture attached - frame distance on my M3 is little too close. Nothing to worry about too much, but if there is an easy way to fix it - it would be nice . Anyone has some idea (I would not like to take it to Leica service only for this)?

thanks,

Mark Crabtree · Apr 8, 2012

darkosaric said:
Hi,

as you can see in picture attached - frame distance on my M3 is little too close. Nothing to worry about too much, but if there is an easy way to fix it - it would be nice . Anyone has some idea (I would not like to take it to Leica service only for this)?

thanks,

What focal length lens? With some of the wides frame spacing tended to be quite close (hard to trim).

ic-racer · Apr 8, 2012

If you look at the sprocket holes you will see that there is no difference in the fame spacing between those two samples. The M3 has a wider effective film gate. If you want to get rid of some of that image that may not show in the viewfinder frame you could, with some great difficulty, mask the sides of the film gate. There is nothing to fix.

M. Lointain · Apr 8, 2012

Mine is the same. Don't worry about it. Just don't drink coffee before you cut your negs.

Kosta · Apr 8, 2012

i found this with the 21mm lens, but not so much on a 50mm lens.

darkosaric · Apr 9, 2012

Thank you all for replays. I use only 50mm and 90mm on Leica. So no coffee before cutting and that is it .

benjiboy · Apr 10, 2012

It would be a fairly simple job for a professional camera repairer to adjust the frame spacing to be the same as your other Leica.

paradoxbox · Apr 15, 2012

with the super narrow frame spacing you might be able to get an extra frame or half frame, especially if you load the film in the dark

meh call me cheap but i love seeing my frame counters go up to 39 on a 36 exposure roll. just don't force it at the end of the roll or you risk a wallet vacuum.

benjiboy · Apr 15, 2012

paradoxbox said:
with the super narrow frame spacing you might be able to get an extra frame or half frame, especially if you load the film in the dark

meh call me cheap but i love seeing my frame counters go up to 39 on a 36 exposure roll. just don't force it at the end of the roll or you risk a wallet vacuum.

I bet you could peel an orange in your pocket .

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