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Image Artifacts
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Another unique feature of the Vivid is its tendency to leave light comet tails on some images. This isn't a particularly desirable feature, but it is there. These comet tails appear:
The sample image is the left side of a pair taken in bright sun. When seen in a viewer, the comet is visible in the foreground tree (clicking on the linked image will present a 640x480 image of the pertinent area). The right side of the pair never exhibits this artifact.
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So, what is different between the left and right sides of the camera that is
causing this annoying celestial show? A quick look behind the lens shows the
difference. In the top of the left film chamber is a small protrusion. I
suspect that it exists because there is some piece of the rangefinder mechanism
directly above it that didn't quite fit into the available space. When the
light is bright, it reflects off of this protrusion and onto the
film.
When
I open the shutter and shine a flashlight in from the front, here is the
result. I've heard from one source that grinding some off of this
protrusion and repainting was a cure. My thought is that I should start by
covering the surface of it closest to the lens with some black flocked paper and
see how big a difference that makes. That approach does not prevent me
from later attacking it with a grinder and it might just do the trick without
damaging anything.
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