My half-baked idea (other than replacing the bellows):
1. Take the bellows into a darkroom
2. Extend them out to 11.5" (internal dimension)
3. Under a safelight, put a piece of photo printing paper in the bellows,
rolled up with the emulsion facing outwards. Mark the paper so you will
know how it was rolled up in relation to the bellows. (I didn't measure,
but you may have to cut the paper or use more than one sheet to get it to
fit into a cylinder inside the bellows.)
4. Seal the ends of the bellows
5. Turn on the lights and turn the bellows over and over to make sure all
the cracks are exposed to light.
6. Develop the paper and match up where the light leaks occur
7. Patch the cracks with Scotch opaque black tape
What to you think. Would this work? I don't have experience repairing
bellows, so I'm just guessing regarding the tape. I fear, however, that
your bellows may have begun to crack and disintegrate. My ultimate answer
would be to replace the bellows. I know that there are persons who replace
old bellows out there. I don't have any names though.
Skip
At 4/2/00 06:18 PM -0500, you wrote:
Zuiks,
How do I isolate and repair a light leak in my bellows?
I recently purchased an OM bellows and took it for it's first test drive
this weekend. Getting the prints back, I'm noticing a dual set of
lighter-colored streaks on all shots made with the bellows -- light leaks.
I shot half the roll with the bellows and half without, and the streaks
appeared only on the bellows shots, so I know they're the culprit. Dual
parallel lines, fuzzy, and somewhat lighter than the print, running
long-ways across the prints. Yes, they're on the negs as well, but I can't
see any light coming from within the bellows despite how hard I look.
Help me, Obiwan!
Thanks,
Dave
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