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film seal leak
Hi, I recently shot 2 rolls of fuji NPH 400 in bright sunlight using a
used Nikon FE w/28-105 Sigma Lens fresh from ebay. Some of the shots has a strip of whiteness and I wonder if it is because the camera doesn't have good film door seal. About 20% of the shots have this problem. |
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I think that's what happened to mine.
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wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I recently shot 2 rolls of fuji NPH 400 in bright sunlight using a used Nikon FE w/28-105 Sigma Lens fresh from ebay. Some of the shots has a strip of whiteness and I wonder if it is because the camera doesn't have good film door seal. About 20% of the shots have this problem. Put one frame with the stripe back in the camera upside down. Where the stripe is, is where the leak is. Bob Hickey |
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wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I recently shot 2 rolls of fuji NPH 400 in bright sunlight using a used Nikon FE w/28-105 Sigma Lens fresh from ebay. Some of the shots has a strip of whiteness and I wonder if it is because the camera doesn't have good film door seal. About 20% of the shots have this problem. Put one frame with the stripe back in the camera upside down. Where the stripe is, is where the leak is. Bob Hickey |
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Bob Hickey wrote:
Put one frame with the stripe back in the camera upside down. Where the stripe is, is where the leak is. Bob Hickey Good advice. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- slr-systems FAQ project: http://tinyurl.com/6m9aw -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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But why only some of the pictures have the white strip and some don't?
How does one determine whether the leak is at the spool or in the chamber. |
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But why only some of the pictures have the white strip and some don't?
How does one determine whether the leak is at the spool or in the chamber. |
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Tim wrote: But why only some of the pictures have the white strip and some don't? How does one determine whether the leak is at the spool or in the chamber. The white strip is almost certainly a door hinge seal leak. With a normal hold, your right hand covers the door hinge while shooting. You get the leak when your hand is away from the right end and especially when the sun is shining on the right end of a camera with a bad hinge seal. Before you send your camera off for a new seal you might try Nikon Parts (310) 516-7124 Part Ordering (800) 645-6687 Opt. 4 Part Identification The FE may take the same back (that the seal is mounted to) as the current FM3a or they may have stock left for the FE back if it is different. In any case, a new back from Nikon was less than $50 the last time I bought one for my FE2 and that's less than a repair would cost. (You use your old pressure plate.) |
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Tim wrote: But why only some of the pictures have the white strip and some don't? How does one determine whether the leak is at the spool or in the chamber. The white strip is almost certainly a door hinge seal leak. With a normal hold, your right hand covers the door hinge while shooting. You get the leak when your hand is away from the right end and especially when the sun is shining on the right end of a camera with a bad hinge seal. Before you send your camera off for a new seal you might try Nikon Parts (310) 516-7124 Part Ordering (800) 645-6687 Opt. 4 Part Identification The FE may take the same back (that the seal is mounted to) as the current FM3a or they may have stock left for the FE back if it is different. In any case, a new back from Nikon was less than $50 the last time I bought one for my FE2 and that's less than a repair would cost. (You use your old pressure plate.) |
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