Tele-elmarit flare

[adep]

The marks across the top look a lot like shutter light shield leaks I have had with 3 bodies. The key would be if it shows when you change lenses although it shows at other times and if it goes between the frames.

Ronald - looks like that's exactly what's going on, I just looked again at the negs and the light extends beyond the frame. Were you able to get that fixed, or do I just have to be extra careful when changing lenses?

 

[Ben Z]

Harry I saw something similar on PN. As I recall it was internal reflection in the barrel. I think one poster claimed that Leica did a poor job with the internal coating on their lenses, another stuck an extra baffle in the lens and claimed that did the trick.

Somehow it seems a little arrogant (not to mention implausible) that a layman would be able to out-engineer Leica's designers, but then I recall having to research different types of caulk and how to best apply it to seal the viewfinder of my MP, prior to the time Leica admitted there was a problem with dust getting through the huge gap brought about by their pointless devolution of the eyepiece attachment design. That said the actual number of people who have encountered "internal flare" with the 50 Summicron (despite the racket made by the few who have) is far less than those whose MP viewfinders filled up with grunge 😡

 

[x-ray]

Stuart, thank You
I have two other lenses that I use more often than this. Never any problems with the others.
Shutter has been checked in an other situation and no problem. Just this in some T-Elmarit-shots.
Esa

I've seen this a number of times from both leica and other brand lenses. It's internal reflections in the camera itself. It's a form of flare when a strong light hits the front of the lens and stray nonimage forming light is transmitted into the camera and reflects off the bottom of the inside of the camera. The conditions have to be just right but it happens with all lenses. A good hood might help.