light leaks on my Zorki MIR ?

Seems like a leak that long would affect other parts of the roll too. As said above, if it's across the whole film, all the way to the edges, it's probably coming from inside the body. If it's just on the exposed frame, it's probably a shutter curtain problem.

I got a nearly ruined roll on my Mir when the strap lug post fell out, exposing the take-up spool. It affected most of the roll, but the anti-halation layer was enough to prevent much fogging on the inner frames; only the areas around the sprocket holes were lightstruck. If there's light getting into the body at the self-timer, there will probably be some fogging around the sprocket holes on many of the frames.
 
The leak goes into the pre-exposed sprocket hole area at the 'top' as I look at the negatives once they been developed, however, as was explained to me earlier in the thread, this would have been the bottom inside the camera. Only occasionaly does the leak effect the pre-exposed bit on the other side as well.
 
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