I forgot about the battery issue. That must be a common problem, huh John?
Also, what else could cause out-of-focus pictures but a focusing screen
mis-installation or a damaged body (assuming that the lens is OK)? Can the
pressure plate get screwed up and allow the film to buckle?
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>Subject: Re: [OM] Light Seal question
> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:25:03 -0400
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Olympus light seal material is just foam. I buy it in bulk and cut it to
>size. You can buy it from Curt Fargo if desired.
>
>First, if you've got alkaline (A76, LR44) batteries in there or lithium
>double cell (CR1/3N), these alone can cause a 2-3 stop error in manual.
>Negative film underexposed this much will not look good. A poorly run mini
>lab can make any neg look bad or bad negs worse.
>A light leak will cause random patches of blacked out film, sometimes in
>multi colors, anything you can imagine. Look at the negatives, a light leak
>can run right through the picture area and through the sprockets to the edge
>of the film. It will not necessarily be confined to just the frame area.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian" <belaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:18 PM
>Subject: [OM] Light Seal question
>
>
>>
>> I purchased a OM-2n recently and to be honest, it takes crappy pictures
>> that are washed out appear to be mildly out of focus. My Canon auto-focus
>> "instamatic" takes better photographs!
>>
>> I'm using Zuiko lenses only, and they are all clear. I have ruled out
>> metering problem by cross-checking the camera against my Gossen meter.
>I'm
>> also confident it's not processing problems- I always use the same
>> processer, and the quality problems have consistently shown up over
>> multiple rolls of film from this camera. By process of elimination I'm
>now
>> wondering if this could be the symptoms of some light leakage.
>>
>> How do you tell if your light seals are shot? I understand that the
>> original material used by Oly for their seals is no longer available, so
>> what is the best alternative, and where is it available?
>>
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