Hey everyone, I was hoping some of you had some insight on fixing some light leaks on an ME Super. My girlfriends camera has some leaks around the sprocket holes, that seem to appear to be around the take-up spool. We've been shooting FP4+ lately, and they were never bad enough to bleed into the frame, but after a roll of Tri-X several frames were lost. I have not been able to track down where the leak is with a flashlight or anything-- Do these ever leak through the felt behind the door or is this likely leaking through the door channels? Here's a couple pictures from my contact sheets (sorry about the low quality-- the only digital camera in my house right now is my phone)
You can see on the first one that it seems to be bleeding through the sprocket holes onto film below it, hence my feeling of it being around the take-up spool. Does anyone have any recommendations for fixing this? The mirror bumper is in great shape, so I'd rather not order a kit unless I have to... Plus the kit doesn't include the felt rectangle for the door. I'd love to get this fixed this week, as we're headed up to Zion and have some slide film we've been itching to shoot..... expensive film that we don't want to waste!
Thanks in advance for any help-- my film scanner is on the way; I'll try to get cleaner images of the offending frames when it's here, as well as post some of my work on here!
Davis