I'll bet the back cover is fine. All OM back covers flex a bit (I don't
count OM-77,88), and they move more when the foam is old and compressed.
It's a matter of fit, slot and hinge foam or possibly a shutter defect.
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Lukasz Grabun wrote:
> Few months ago I purchased used OM-G. It was doing pretty fine, I made a
> roll or two with it (not including the test roll) and the film was exposed
> just fine.
>
> Two days ago I had a roll of Provia developed in a local lab. I was pretty
> upset (and amazed) to see the whole roll is ruined by the light leaks (or
> by marks that definitely look like a lightleaks for my inexperienced eye).
> The guy from the lab, when asked whether it's them or me, replied it just
> can't be them for the take the film out of the spool in a darkroom where
> no light gets in.
>
> The back lid seems to be in good shape and condition and I can't really
> find out what can be wrong with it. The only glitch may be that when
> pressed it moves a bit; when released - it moves back to its previous
> position. The range of the movement is tiny, maybe 1mm.
>
> Here's a scan of that unfortunate Provia roll (230KB JPG):
> http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/9139/untitled1dj4.jpg
>
> I have a back up OM-2n body so, really, considering the fact OM-G cost me
> $20, it is not much of a problem but I started to like the camera. I've
> been told due to the shortage or rather complete lack of back lids it
> can't be repaired.
>
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