Originally posted by Canada_Rockies To my non-Zorki mind, that looks very much like a light leak positioned where the edge of the "repair" tape is lifted a bit.
This is a different camera - sorry if I didn't make that clear enough. The Zorki4 is exhibiting the capping in the first set of photos. This is different.
The 2nd set of photos is a light leak on my Fed 2E.
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Originally posted by stevebrot I have a similar light leak on my FED-2. I believe ours are almost the same model Yours is somewhat different, but may have similar innards. I think you will find that the leak does not extend outside the image frame of the negative meaning that it is on the lens side of the shutter and not in the film chamber. I have never fully pinned mine down except that I believe it is somewhere near the rangefinder window or flash sync PC port. At least I was able to see light from that quarter looking through the open shutter from the back in a darkened room with a pen light as a probe.
Those are the spots I was staring at last night. there's an area at the bottom/outer/front edge of the rangefinder window/glass that looks odd. Maybe I'll cap the flash port next roll and see - eliminate that possibility. Looking back at the roll, there might be evidence as to the particular angle of light in the affected shots but nothing terribly obvious; several are completely or nearly leak-free, adjacent to shots with heavy leaks.
Quote: (Love it that we are troubleshooting vintage Soviet rangefinder cameras on the Pentax Forums. Are we good or what?!)
I just don't go in the RF forum site very often. (Been a member for a few years but never owned a RF)