Diagnosis complete

After having shot several films with this camera, using several lenses, I concluded that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the body, but it needs a CLA as the exposure times are visibly off.

 

It would say that every shot is underexposed by at least 2 stops, which results in increased grain (the film I used here was Ektar 100, and there is no way that Ektar produces that much grain if exposed properly) and reduced contrast and sharpness. This will no longer happen once the camera will have undergone adjustment.

 

The scans shown here are completely unprocessed.

 

I can't see the smudge in the upper third of this shot, but that might be because it melts with the structure of the clouds.

 

This would be a gorgeous photograph without the graininess and with better detail and contrast.

 

I have created a Flickr group for photos shot with and of this rare camera: --> Click

 

 

Leica M1 (KOOCT), serial number 956752, made in 1959

Leica 28mm f/2.8 Elmarit II (11801), 1970s

Kodak Ektar 100 professional grade colour negative film

Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de

Done