M3 light leak, likely source?

[bucs]

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

 

[ferider]

Likely not a leak.

Which lens ?

 

[bucs]

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

 

[BLKRCAT]

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

 

[WJJ3]

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