Bad light seals generally leave bright edges to your photos or streaks
across them. I had one camera that had such a bad seal that it made every
photo look like there were flames framing the bottom of the photo.
What you are describing sounds to me like your mirror might be out of
adjustment. If your mirror was not precisely adjusted, your focus would be
a little bit off. I had a body that had this problem once. I shot a whole
roll of film through it before I realized it focused to infinity before the
stop. After that I started focusing on objects then measuring the distance
to see if it matched the markings on the lens.
To tell if your light seals are shot, I would suggest loading your film in
the dark, and taping over the back so no light could leak in, then see if
you get better results.
Charles
At 01:18 PM 4/14/03, you wrote:
I purchased a OM-2n recently and to be honest, it takes crappy pictures
that are washed out appear to be mildly out of focus. My Canon auto-focus
"instamatic" takes better photographs!
I'm using Zuiko lenses only, and they are all clear. I have ruled out
metering problem by cross-checking the camera against my Gossen meter. I'm
also confident it's not processing problems- I always use the same
processer, and the quality problems have consistently shown up over
multiple rolls of film from this camera. By process of elimination I'm now
wondering if this could be the symptoms of some light leakage.
How do you tell if your light seals are shot? I understand that the
original material used by Oly for their seals is no longer available, so
what is the best alternative, and where is it available?
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