M3 light leak, likely source?

bucs

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Hi All, I've just gotten back my first roll on my M3.

I noticed a light leak almost covering the whole frame. It happens when I shoot under bright light. Outdoors. All three shots I made outdoors had this. While my shots indoors came out perfect well.

Where could the leak be coming from? Doesn't look like a shutter pinhole to me...

From the negatives it is consistently affecting the top portion of the image. Read: light should be coming from the bottom assuming the negative is exposed the other way around

Leaks by buuucs, on Flickr

Leaks by buuucs, on Flickr
 
Leak

Leak

Likely not a leak.

Which lens ?

Im used two lenses there. A canon 50 1.8 and a 90 elmar

Something i noticed while checking the camera body is that the film door has slight play from side to side. Dont know if that could be a factor

Nathan
 
it's the light traps on the sides of the curtains, this one at the bottom side of your curtain.

You can see the same leak here

 
What BLKRCAT said. It's got to be the baffles.
I had the same problem with my M3. Had it serviced and now its great.
One thing the repair man told me when I picked up my camera was I was lucky the old baffle didn't come fully detached and get jammed in the shutter.

Best,
W
 
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