Fogging only within the frame lines, not across frames or across sprockets?
Haven't seen that before. Hole in a curtain? Look at the shutter when you
wind it, are the curtain bars parallel?
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "mike blayney" <mikeblayney@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 8:41 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] Light leak?
| Thanks but the fogging is not outside the negative 36x24 frame - so must
be
| coming through the front?
|
| Mike.
| --- Hans van Veluwen <HVeluwen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > :Using an OM40(PC), on some prints I'm getting a red cast,
| > :always on the left
| > :covering 10% to 200f the print. It is strongest on the left
| > :and fades towards
| > :the centre and is fairly even top to bottom. Might this be a
| > :leak through the
| > :shutter slit when cocked or during cocking (if my brain's
| > :together, left on the
| > :print would be the film take up end of the negative)? If so,
| > :is there a cure?
| >
| > Check the foam in the camera back, on the camera where the back closes,
and
| > near the film cannister window (!) for rot. If it's rotten it must be
| > replaced. This is not difficult. Replacement foam (light baffles) can be
| > bought at:
| >
| > http://www.micro-tools.com/restore.htm
| >
| >
| > hnz
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