No, just the one I'm afraid. Will be getting my camera back tomorrow but this whole thing makes me just want to chuck it in the sea now, has totally ruined my mojo and motivation to go out and take photos.I suspect the insert, or how the insert is fitting into the body.
Have you another insert that you can try?
Persevere!No, just the one I'm afraid. Will be getting my camera back tomorrow but this whole thing makes me just want to chuck it in the sea now, has totally ruined my mojo and motivation to go out and take photos.
Sorry, a bit technical for me, that. Does that mean you DO think the light is leaking through where the insert and camera meet or somewhere else?Persevere!
I've just looked at the manual for your camera. I'm betting it is a problem with the mechanism for latching the holder into the camera. I don't think that the unwanted exposure is happening through the film gate, but rather nearer either the takeup or feed spools.
I wouldn't object to using tape, certainly not for any aesthetic reason, and am indeed going to go down that route (my 'feel like throwing it in the sea' post above was purely born out of frustration).As others have suggested, a roll of black camera paper tape would most likely solve this problem. Remove the light slide and tape the seam after loading the camera in subdued light. I'll bet this solves the problem totally.
If the next objection is that it "shouldn't be that way", I agree but if the tape is carefully applied, it shouldn't be that noticeable.
If this solves the problem, then look into replacing the light seals on the camera; no matter how "good" they look.
This is why you see multi-hundreds of thousands of dollar motion picture cameras with camera tape around all the seams of even brand new film magazines. Experience has taught operators that a bit of tape is far less expensive than a roll of film and a day of takes lost on location...
I wouldn't object to using tape, certainly not for any aesthetic reason, and am indeed going to go down that route (my 'feel like throwing it in the sea' post above was purely born out of frustration).
Been there!
Will doOh, and tape it ALL THE WAY AROUND the magazine where it meets the body...
One reason you can get a leak on one frame and not adjacent frames could be something like handling. Maybe you put one ahnd slightly differently and pressed differently for that one leak shot? This maight have compressed the back or the insert? Or the leak depends on a very specific angle of light and that frame was just the lucky one where the camera matched. I would test the camera applyijng pressure and such in a variety of ways to see if something is giving ever so slightly/ Maybe a seal deep in a slot gets pressed out of position when just the pressure is applied.
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Placing the film (I assume you mean the affected negative) in the camera and trying to line up where the leak is is a step too far for someone with my lack of patience I'm afraid. But ref. your possible reason for there being a leak in one frame and not the adjacent one; that's not applicable in this case I'm afraid, the camera was set on a tripod with mirror lock up and 2 second timer activated to take each photo.One thing to do is to place the film with the leak in the camera as it was shot- meaning emulsion to lens, upside down, etc. Now roll the film backwards one frame and see where the leak lines up on the insert. Then push the frame forward and again see where the leak lines up. Because I can almost guarantee that the leak is happening as the film sits on either the feed or takeup side, before or after another frame is exposed. And putting the negative in the camera will most times show you where the leak is. Also pay attention to what the backing paper is doing. That hard line could be from where the film starts getting shielded by the backing paper.
One reason you can get a leak on one frame and not adjacent frames could be something like handling. Maybe you put one ahnd slightly differently and pressed differently for that one leak shot? This maight have compressed the back or the insert? Or the leak depends on a very specific angle of light and that frame was just the lucky one where the camera matched. I would test the camera applyijng pressure and such in a variety of ways to see if something is giving ever so slightly/ Maybe a seal deep in a slot gets pressed out of position when just the pressure is applied.
Intermittent light leaks are the worst. Hey, at least it isn't a shutter going bad, it seems.
But ref. your possible reason for there being a leak in one frame and not the adjacent one; that's not applicable in this case I'm afraid, the camera was set on a tripod with mirror lock up and 2 second timer activated to take each photo.
The camera, tripod, fstop, shutter speed and mirror lock up/2 second timer function were all set BEFORE taking the photos, nothing whatsoever changed between shots. As for pressing the shutter button - that's literally all I did, softly pressed the button, no other contact whatsoever with the camera. So literally everything apart from the passage of time was identical for each photo.Being on a tripod doesn't exempt you from having pressed more on one side of the camera than the other while getting things set up, and thereby opening or closing a light-leak.My C330 so far hasn't displayed a leak, but there is a noticeable difference in position of the door if it had been pressed on the left or right side if I care to look closely enough.
Kiev 88's are fun...
The leak probably happened either before or after you exposed the frame that shows the problem.The camera, tripod, fstop, shutter speed and mirror lock up/2 second timer function were all set BEFORE taking the photos, nothing whatsoever changed between shots. As for pressing the shutter button - that's literally all I did, softly pressed the button, no other contact whatsoever with the camera. So literally everything apart from the passage of time was identical for each photo.
About as fun as sticking your finger in a light socket
The camera, tripod, fstop, shutter speed and mirror lock up/2 second timer function were all set BEFORE taking the photos, nothing whatsoever changed between shots. As for pressing the shutter button - that's literally all I did, softly pressed the button, no other contact whatsoever with the camera. So literally everything apart from the passage of time was identical for each photo.
What, you mean that's your guess for what's wrong with my camera, or that's what you've got wrong with yours? Anyway, whatever's wrong with mine is irrelevant now, I have a new 645NII body on the wayShutter delay problem for me.
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