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Re: [OM] Light leak?

Subject: Re: [OM] Light leak?
From: "Keith Berry" <k.berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:02:57 -0000
Mike Blaney wrote:
> ...Using an OM40(PC), on some prints I'm getting a red cast, always on the
left
> covering 10% to 200f the print. It is strongest on the left and fades
towards
> the centre and is fairly even top to bottom. Might this be a leak through
the
> shutter slit when cocked or during cocking (if my brain's together, left
on the
> print would be the film take up end of the negative)? If so, is there a
cure?...

Hello Mike,
With an OM40 the first thing to check is the rubber around the little window
to view the cassette. It seems to be the wrong end of the film but maybe the
light's being reflected across the frame.

Greeting from soggy Birmingham,
Keith Berry



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