Olympus SP light leak problem

[AC3THX]

Hi all,

I am new from Hong Kong in this forum and I felt very happy that so many people love rangefinder!! In Hong Kong, there are lesser and lesser people to use film camera and when I use my rangefinder to take photo, the people who has a DC in hand would see me as a monstor!!

Back to my question, I'd a Olympus SP recently and tested it with a Kodak T-max film, I found that when the picture face the strong night, 1/3 of that film will have a time leak problem. Do anyone can tell me how to fix it......? One of the sample is here: :

Thanks in advance,
AC3THX

 

[garythegit]

Try one of Jon Goodman's light seal kits. He's on ebay under the name of interslice. $6-$10 for a kit good enough for a dozen cameras! Never failed me yet

 

[eskorpid]

That's typical of Olympus RF cameras. I've ordered one of those light seal kits myself.

I have exactly the same symptoms with my SP. I just hope it'll be easy to fit.

cheers

nondas

 

[AC3THX]

Thanks all ~~~ :angel:

 

[Trius]

AC3THX: Does this type of leak occur on all frames on a roll of film? Or is it isolated to shots taken against the sun, as you suggest in your first post? If it's the latter, then the seals may not be the main problem, although replacing them is never a bad idea if they are the original seals. (After all, the camera is nearly 30 years old.)

If the problem is only on frames where the shot is into bright light, then there may be another problem. There may be a problem with the lens, the lens mount, or a leak in another area on the front of the camera.

Can you post a shot made with the light at your back?

Trius