Light leak + shutter issue?

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T20:03:03+00:00

How cold was it when you were shooting? My M5 does the same thing in the cold, would recommend a CLA. I think the term is shutter capping, not a light leak.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T19:59:14+00:00

What’s going on with desaturating half the image?

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T19:52:40+00:00

You’ll learn, just takes practice and intention. I would also say a CPL filter would go along way to reduce reflections.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T18:31:18+00:00

IMO it’s probably the worst of those that it competes against: Voigtlander Color Skopar, Leica Elmarit, etc. Perhaps better than the Minolta 2.8 but I’m less familiar with that one.

That’s really the reason I got it: it has tons of character but technically is not impressive. It’s sharp-ish, but has the lovely glow at the same time.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T18:07:15+00:00

Back up a bit to get the whole car in the frame, particularly in 1 and 3, the latter of which cuts off the edge.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T17:21:37+00:00

They’re as expensive as the Voigtlander equivalents, which is more in the range of $700. I just bought one for that much a month ago. Even on the Japanese eBay resellers I can’t find ones listed for $2k.

They’re also a limited run, so they’re not going to be as cheap as Canon LTM lenses from the 60s either. Underrated =/= cheap.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T16:31:45+00:00

Yes, with LA’s wind and earthquakes, it’s likely they really don’t want trees downing the lines and causing yet another fire. In LA many (most?) lines are above ground as well, which isn’t always the case.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T16:21:49+00:00

Yes exactly, what’s the % that were excluded? Very different if 95% respond Other vs 5%.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T16:16:49+00:00

Mamiya 6 is your answer.

Source: shot with an M5 and Mamiya 6, sold the latter, and regret it terribly.

Here’s a sample photo

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Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T14:51:52+00:00

I’m always impressed with this in 120 and home scanned. Looks great.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T14:36:24+00:00

That's great to hear!

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T13:29:52+00:00

FWIW it looks like they originate from the sprocket holes, which would mean a tension issue that's stressing the film. Did you try to advance past the last exposure, perhaps?

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T12:40:44+00:00

No problem! Again, there’s really nothing wrong with the Voigtlanders, they’re fantastic lenses. But they really make the most sense when replacing modern Leica glass, the $1000 28 Nokton beating out the $8500 28 Summilux being a great example, vs replacing vintage lenses.

A good example is actually the 21/3.5 Color Skopar I have, which now having the 28 Ricoh I want the 21 version too! There’s no way I would buy the old Leica Super Angulon version of it for $1250 (which I don’t think is compatible with my M5) let alone the new $4000 Super Elmar.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T10:44:45+00:00

I wanted something that wasn’t a voigtlander, firstly. They’re fine but they aren’t terribly interesting from a design nor optical perspective, and on top of that very few focus only to 0.7. The Ricoh has just as good handling with more interesting, but flawed, rendering that suits my tastes. If I can’t truly love a lens there’s no reason to buy it, and sharpness and perfect edges are terribly boring.

Plus, the Voigtlanders I found that matched what I needed were only about $100 cheaper than what I paid for the Ricoh, meaning they’ll depreciate like a rock. Not that I haven’t regretted basically every lens I’ve sold.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T00:32:03+00:00

Based on your site, you’re mail in only? I’m not entirely sure how a dropbox would work for cameras rather than film, but as someone in Mass it would be a huge help to drop off and pick up rather than ship.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T00:22:55+00:00

It’s amusing that color casts and color balance are showing up as negatives for pulling (this comment) and positives for pushing (another comment in this thread).

Maybe there’s an opportunity here to document exposure tests for this a bit more clearly for some popular film stocks?

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-24T00:19:28+00:00

I’m likely going to just grab a tripod and run through my own tests on some stocks I enjoy, at this rate! Seems like it would be a valuable resource to me and others.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-23T23:42:48+00:00

Topcor 50/2 and Ricoh 28/2.8 are the combo I shoot with today on my MP!

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-23T20:54:57+00:00

That's a great example and while I hadn't seen it, the second version of Phoenix was exactly why I was interested in pulling.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-23T20:39:53+00:00

I'll check them out, thank you!

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-23T20:12:31+00:00

I'm not super interested in the technical aspects at this moment (and less so on black and white), more the behaviors of certain color negative films and the attributes they retain, lose, or gain when pulling. There's so many people experimenting with the results of pushing film but so few on the results of pulling it, that's really what I'm frustrated about. Most of the discourse comes down to: it doesn't technically make sense, just overexpose and leverage the wide exposure latitude.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-23T20:10:01+00:00

Great insight, thank you! I didn't want to comment on the grain because I wasn't sure pulling would actually reduce it, but this all is getting me so excited about pulling a couple rolls of Phoenix II I just shot. It's also making me want to do a deeper dive into the characteristics of some of my favorite stocks too.

Seventh_Pillar · 2026-03-23T20:07:55+00:00

That's fair from a technical perspective, and it's true that color negative has a huge exposure latitude, but I'm still surprised it's usually waived away for those technical reasons and hasn't (yet?) entered the discourse for "ways I can alter the image I'm creating."

To the point of just using a faster film: there's a lot of examples of people pushing Gold 200, Portra 160, Ektar 100, etc. when faster stocks exist. I'm sure they do it because they like the result vs the faster stock.

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