Light sealing foam

[Murray Kelly]

The catches are adjustable and have little spring washers. Maybe you should look more closely at the catches, not the seals? Just a thought.
Murray

What I'm looking for is the seal against the upper main body of a Kiev 4 - the back against the body. Seems like there should be a foam seal up there. The back on my camera is so loose it lets the catches on either side hang down.

 

[DSikes]

I use the sticky back black felt from craft store to replace my light seals; it cost under $2.00. There's enough to do a lot of camera's. I've done a Minolta X-9 SLR, 2 Ricoh 500G's, and my Zorki 4 and it's cured all of my light leak's. If you have a paper cutter it's really easy to cut it into thin strips.

 

[cnphoto]

I have resealed 2 cameras with John Goodman (interslice) seals, good stuff!

 

[ZeissFan]

I have resealed about 30 to 40 cameras, so I use the stuff from the craft store. Plus, when you open the top deck of a camera, there's often more foam that is used for insulation.

The advantage of this material is that it won't deteriorate in 10 years. Over the weekend, I resealed a Yashica SLR, a Minolta XD-11, a Minolta Maxxum 5000 and an Olympus 35 EC. I also re-skinned the Yashica and XD-11.

I was going to do a Canon AV-1, but it ended up being a major POS, so I am stripping it for parts.

To cut Foamies, you need a cutting board, an X-Acto hobby knife and a straight edge.