AL PAUK
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Thanks, sounds reasonable. I'll move in that direction.
Inner reflections inside M6 - who knows the cure???
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Xmas
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From the colour it looks like the leak is from behind that is through the film base e.g.
- through the door seals
- or into the sprocket region before the film is reversed
You could black electrician tape over
- the back plate top and sides
- the baseplate join with the body, all the way round
- the baseplate latch
- battery cover or self timer
- rewind control
- exposure counter
- speed dial, use lens for control
- shoe
The lens and mount should be ok and the viewfinder, lever wind and rewind are too difficult.
This is not silly if it were the baseplate you could replace.
Lastly two things
- do you have an ERC if so use it, and push a black nylon sock or scarf around the top of the case at the rear, and down the sides at the front.
- do the seals on the camera for the door seem ok, I don't know what seals a M6 should have?
Noel
- through the door seals
- or into the sprocket region before the film is reversed
You could black electrician tape over
- the back plate top and sides
- the baseplate join with the body, all the way round
- the baseplate latch
- battery cover or self timer
- rewind control
- exposure counter
- speed dial, use lens for control
- shoe
The lens and mount should be ok and the viewfinder, lever wind and rewind are too difficult.
This is not silly if it were the baseplate you could replace.
Lastly two things
- do you have an ERC if so use it, and push a black nylon sock or scarf around the top of the case at the rear, and down the sides at the front.
- do the seals on the camera for the door seem ok, I don't know what seals a M6 should have?
Noel
AL PAUK
Member
2 Xmas: Thanks for stirring up my memory🙂 Your advice is almost like my repairer's one. If I had enough time and will🙂 But there are some questions to you - I'm not good enough in English to understand some details.
1. What's SPROCKET?
2. What's ERC?
And could you clarify a bit the first advice from "Lastly two things"?
THNX!
1. What's SPROCKET?
2. What's ERC?
And could you clarify a bit the first advice from "Lastly two things"?
THNX!
laptoprob
back to basics
The sprocket wheel is the toothed film-transporting wheel.
How often does this sharp light occur? More on a single roll? Always at the end or the beginning?
I used to have a light leak in the bottom left corner, but that was just off the image edge: it started within the picture and extended fuzzily. That was a light leak from the back door.
This light leak is very sharp and is hard to imagine a cause within the camera.
I too would suspect the developing service.
good luck!
How often does this sharp light occur? More on a single roll? Always at the end or the beginning?
I used to have a light leak in the bottom left corner, but that was just off the image edge: it started within the picture and extended fuzzily. That was a light leak from the back door.
This light leak is very sharp and is hard to imagine a cause within the camera.
I too would suspect the developing service.
good luck!
MikeL
Go Fish
laptoprob said:
That was my thought too. Leaks I've had were not sharp like that. It seems to me the light is getting focused in some way, and then reflected and/or leaking onto the fillm.
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