Has this light leak only happened on one roll of film? if so i would suspect a
problem with the canister maybe around the ends, or something at the lab, if the
power failed (this is just an example of things that can happen) they would
have to
finish the neg. processing by hand as in dip and dunk light could have gotten
at that
time. I had a spool brake on a roll of 120 the end moved and that was enough to
for
the edges of the film I would try to duplicate the shooting maybe with fast film
which would be more susceptible to light leaks and see what happens!
terry
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I have an OM-PC I bought used recently and the last roll of film shows
> evidence of a light leak. On 3 of 24 frames (all 24 taken in bright
> sunlight) the left side of the frame shows reddish fogging. A 4th frame
> shows slightly curved, vertical pink streaks covering about 20% the
> width of the frame and centered about 1/3 of the width from the left.
>
> At first I thought it was the processing since I couldn't see these
> effects on the negatives. I was also suspicious when I noticed that the
> 3 fogged frames were all in the same relative position on the negative
> strips. The film had been cut into strips of 4 negatives and in all 3
> cases the fogged frame was the second one in on each of 3 strips. The
> pink streaks were on a frame adjacent to one of the fogged frames. I
> had the suspect negatives reprinted and, unfortunately, the second
> prints came back looking exactly like the first ones.
>
> There is a sticker inside the camera indicating that it had some sort of
> servicing on 11/98. I mention that since the light seal foam _seems_ to
> be in good shape... nice and springy and not at all crumbling or gooey.
> That also goes for the film cannister window seal.
>
> So, despite the fact that the foam looks good should I replace it? Is
> there some other way that I could have gotten these leaks? If I buy
> foam where do I get the window seal?
>
> While I'm on the question of light leaks I've had the same problem with
> my Stylus 35-70 zoom. I have to admit that the seals look good there
> too. Since the flash failed at the same time I bought a stylus 115
> zoom. I still prefer the 35-70 though. Can I get seals for the
> Stylus? Can I likely repair the flash? I'll have to do it myself since
> the repair cost is nearly as much as the cost of a new Stylus 70.
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck Norcutt
> Woburn, Massachusetts
>
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