The light leaks are a bit of a shock given that I didn't see any such issues with my B&W film test-roll. I see too that also it's on at least frames 31 and 32.
I am planning to sell this particular camera body, as opposed to my black one that I bought in mid 1981; it's a nostalgic keeper.
I shall do the torch test later today, but first I hope to photograph (digitally) a flypast of 6 of our F/A-18 Hornets, honouring our recently retired Chief of The Defence Force.
David, I think you can rule out the shutter blades, because the leak position is slightly changing between frames (frame 23). The likely culprit is the upper light seal of the camera back. The leak should be happening either to the right or left of the pressure plate. It shouldn't be difficult to locate. It must be very tiny though.
The attached is a straight phonecam pic of slides I had developed recently.
They are from a Pentax ME Super on which I replaced light seals and mirror damper. A B&W film showed no issues however you can see on Frames 23, 27 and 32 of the attached that there seems to be a light leak.
What's the collective wisdom as to what might be causing this? Shutter speed- dependant perhaps?
TIA
David
I would say light leak. I once had a 35mm camera which had fresh light seals but still the back door didn't close tight enough to keep the light out. It happened every so often as well...
The attached is a straight phonecam pic of slides I had developed recently.
They are from a Pentax ME Super on which I replaced light seals and mirror damper. A B&W film showed no issues however you can see on Frames 23, 27 and 32 of the attached that there seems to be a light leak.
What's the collective wisdom as to what might be causing this? Shutter speed- dependant perhaps?
TIA
David
Thanks David.
Looks like an issue with light seals to me. if it was shutter it would be in the horizontal axis as you have a vertical travel shutter.
