Vivitar 35ES Light Seals?

[clickysteve]

Hello all.

I recently got a Vivitar 35ES off of eBay. It was in poor cosmetic condition, but the meter etc all worked nicely. I replaced the leather, only to discover there is a fairly bad vertical light leak. I've tried adding in seals, but whenever I do that the door gets stuck and refuses to open... so I am currently :bang:

I can't find any details on where exactly the seals should go online. Does anybody have any instructions/images I can consult? Thank you!

 

[splitimageview]

I can look at mine tomorrow and send some pics if that helps...

 

[p.giannakis]

I always buy self- adhesive black felt from arts and crafts shops. The thinnest I can find. Always worked well with every camera. £1 for a A4 sheet.

 

[clickysteve]

I always buy self- adhesive black felt from arts and crafts shops. The thinnest I can find. Always worked well with every camera. £1 for a A4 sheet.

I already have seals. I just haven't been able to identify the correct place to put them. 🙂

I can look at mine tomorrow and send some pics if that helps...

Yes please! That would be brilliant. I believe there's an unusual seal near the film door join that I am missing which is causing the issue - so this would help. Thanks a lot.

 

[splitimageview]

Let me know if these help. There is adhesive residue but little foam in the second photo by the door hinge.

This camera has original seals.

 

[clickysteve]

This is wonderful, and exactly what I was after - thank you very much!

Mine literally has zero seals. I tried putting them in most of the places shown above, but then the door got stuck closed. I am now suspecting I have an additional issue with the door catch not releasing properly, as opposed to the seals being the problem with the door (if that makes sense).