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Spent 4 hours chasing a light leak on a Pentax K1000 that was just a missing foam strip
I had this K1000 that was giving me a weird light leak only on the right side of the frame. I checked the mirror bumper, the back seal, even replaced the shutter curtain fabric. After 4 hours of testing with a flashlight in a dark closet, I realized the foam strip around the film cassette window was completely gone. Has anyone else had a simple fix like that eat up half their afternoon?
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the_wren14d agoMost Upvoted
It took me way too long once to figure out my Olympus OM-1 was leaking light through a cheap third party lens mount. Ended up just shimming it with some electrical tape and that fixed everything.
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keithbutler14d ago
A buddy of mine @the_wren had the same tape trick work on his old Pentax.
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