Light leaks...Salut (Салют)

[northwest]

<p> Hello<br>

Did you ever see such light leak , it is more like in the middle of photo and I do not know what to think.<br>

Got Salut (Салют), 1970 camera couple days ago and try it two times , both times only two photos got such problems , does not looks like it from back?<br>

Thank you very much...</p>

[northwest]

<p>http://www.photo.net/photo/11753111</p><div></div>

[henrik_lauridsen]

<p>Could it be a damaged/bent negative, which caused the scanning to go wrong?</p>

[northwest]

<p>Thank you Henrik , no I think it is to big spot for bent negative...</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>Are the backs winding the roll film good and tight? You haven't noticed any looseness on the exposed film when you've unloaded them, that could cause fogging from the edge?</p>

[bueh]

<p>Did you use the Vega lens?</p>

[northwest]

<p>Rick , back not really night in lower part , but I think leaks from back looks different and may be on all shot?<br>

Bueh , no I got INDUSTAR-29 lens...</p>

[bueh]

<p>Pavel, as you wrote, it does not look like a light leak from the camera. The Vega lens I mentioned was a poor design which was not entirely light-tight, resulting in similar-looking spots on the film. I would recommend you check your camera + lens for this. Put a good lens cap on the Industar and open the camera's back in a dark room, then shine a flashlight all around the lens/camera and check from the open camera's back if there is a leak somewhere.</p>

[northwest]

<p>Bueh , thank you I'll try it and it is passible lens is a problem...</p>

[Dustin McAmera]

<p>Is this a lens shutter then? I'm not familiar with the Salyut, but I thought it had a focal-plane shutter. That bright splash looks like a pinhole in a focal-plane shutter to me.</p>

[northwest]

<p>Pete , yes it is shutter lens , I just did as Bueh gave advise and check it with flash light and I think I found problem , it is front sides between screen and body so light go throw waist level finder. Have to try to take pictures with Prizm .<br>

Thank you very much</p>

[q.g._de_bakker]

<p>A shuttered lens on a Salyut? An Industar 29?<br />Since when do these have shutters in them?</p>

[northwest]

<p>Maybe I miss something but I think Industar-29 is shutter lens...</p>

[q.g._de_bakker]

<p>It is not, Pavel.</p>

<p>It will be a language thing. A shutter(ed) lens is a lens that has a shutter in it, i.e. something can close the lens completely, and open again for a timed period to expose the film.<br>

The Industar 29 is not. It has a variable aperture, that controls the amount of light that can come through it, but no shutter.<br>

It is a semi-automatic aperture, that closes at the press of a bottom. But not a shutter.<br>

The Salyut has a focal plane shutter in front of the film instead.</p>

[q.g._de_bakker]

<p>"Press of a bottom"?</p>

<p>Uhm... a "button", of course.<br>

Now what was i thinking...?</p>

[northwest]

<p>Q.G. de Bakker thank you for your comments but I am asking about light leaks and how to fix it...</p>

[q.g._de_bakker]

<p>Yes, Pavel, you are.</p>

<p>And when presented with a plausible cause, you dismissed it incorrectly, saying that the Industar-29 is a shuttered lens (which it is not), implying that the possible cause is impossible.</p>

<p>You get the picture...?</p>

[northwest]

<p>Yes picture link in front of post , and I heard some people use something like liquid electric tape to fix light leaks?</p>

[bueh]

<p>Pavel, have you checked with the shutter open at "bulb"? Only then (with the mirror up and the focal plane shutter open) you can see how light would fall unto the film.</p>

<p>With my problematic Kiev-60 Vega lens I just put a small piece of black tape over the offending part (the depth-of-field preview lever). This fixed it.</p>

[northwest]

<p>Bueh , thank you very much it was very good advise , I did as you told me and found leak on the edge of screen and body , did try tape but it is not working , so I think live it for now. Got camera on Ebay in excl condition ,... was stated :)</p>

[User_4525289]

<p>Pavel why wouldn't you post your question on one of the Russian forums like m-format or rangefider.ru or club.photo.ru they will gladly help. Some folks are quite knowledgeable.</p>

[northwest]

<p>Kozma thank you , I fond problem already , and today not many people us film cameras but may check on rangefinder.ru</p>