Light Leaks

[subisisniki]

can someone help me on how do u check for light leaks on a film camera?

I just developed a film on my nikon em and 12 of the frames have light leaks from the top to bottom? Ive been trying to goggle light leaks even with the word 'film slr' in google but most of the info is about 5dmk3.

Would changing the light seals suffice?

 

[Riotbmx]

Yup, just go to art friend to get some felt with double sided tape back. Remove and clean the old light seals and clean with alcohol/lighter fluid and apply the new ones. Be careful not to let the bits of old light seal materials get into your shutter of focusing screen or you'll have a hard time cleaning, I usually use masking tape to cover them.

 

[Riotbmx]

http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/seal/Nikon_EM_2.pdf

 

[subisisniki]

thx for the tip but is that a tutorial that u posted? i cant seem to open it

http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/seal/Nikon_EM_2.pdf

 

[Riotbmx]

thx for the tip but is that a tutorial that u posted? i cant seem to open it

Yup, its in PDF. Maybe because you're viewing from your mobile?

You just reminded me that I got to change mine

 

[oceanpriest]

Yup, its in PDF. Maybe because you're viewing from your mobile?

You just reminded me that I got to change mine

u use lighter fluid to clean the glue? can use isopropyl alcohol too

 

[Riotbmx]

u use lighter fluid to clean the glue? can use isopropyl alcohol too

Yup, I'd use isopropyl alcohol if I have too but I don't... Lighter fluid works well enough for me, but I still hate this dirty job

 

[fatigue]

Yup, its in PDF. Maybe because you're viewing from your mobile?

You just reminded me that I got to change mine

We can see that you're using a pair of metal tweezer, better get the wooden or plastic tweezers. It's cheaper and safer to use.
But if you want the cheapest, you can also use a sharpened chopsticks to scrape off the old rubber seals

 

[Riotbmx]

We can see that you're using a pair of metal tweezer, better get the wooden or plastic tweezers. It's cheaper and safer to use.
But if you want the cheapest, you can also use a sharped chopsticks to scrape off the old rubber seals

Actually I use toothpicks to remove the old seals, I used the tweezers to help push the new seals into the slots.

I bought a FED 2, hope I can learn how to work on it myself