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While we're talking about rolleiflex: leak repair

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I have a beautiful old rolleiflex automat III which occasionally gave light leaks. After some use and looking over my rolls of negatives I've figured out that they occur when I focus really close; ie, some internal bellows or light baffle must be leaking when the lens plate moves all the way forward.

Any tips for repair? I have a roll of film in it now that I've got to use up (on distant subjects :wink:), so I haven't been able to look inside to figure out if I can see anything obvious, but I don't remember anything like this.
 
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