Blad Issue

[Chris Dodkin]

Shooting in full sun this week, I had a couple of frames back which exhibited poorer contrast, and what looked to be a light leak effect on the RHS

This was the worst frame - a few others were only slightly effected, and most were perfectly ok.

The sun was beating down, and shining into the waist-level viewfinder from the top - I used mirror lock-up before shooting each frame, and did not shade the WLV.

Any thoughts on probable cause?

Should I have shielded/closed the WLV against the direct sunlight perhaps?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Mmmmmmm, doing some research leads me to the possibility that the dark slide light seals are failing

Lots of examples online, although strangely they are on the left mostly

Mine always appears to be coming from the RHS - odd

I've ordered a repair kit from EBAY any way - for $15 I figure it's a good investment

 

[Pete Askew]

It does look like the DS. Is the back mounting snugly?

 

[Hamish Gill]

I guess you have seen this, but in see you haven't Hasselblad Historical - How to change light seals in Hasselblad film magazines

 

[Chris Dodkin]

It does look like the DS. Is the back mounting snugly?

Yep - the back fits nice and tightly Pete, no play there that I can see

I have a 2nd used back on the way from EBAY, just hasn't arrived here yet, so I'll have a spare eventually

The light seal guy is based in CA, so hopefully I'll have the new seals early next week

I'll put some tape on the slot when I use it this weekend, and see if that fixes the problem!

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I guess you have seen this, but in see you haven't Hasselblad Historical - How to change light seals in Hasselblad film magazines

Thanks Hamish - hadn't seen that

I had found this silent B&W film on it on YouTube though!

[video=youtube_share;otbq0rWs__g]http://youtu.be/otbq0rWs__g[/video]

Looks straight forward enough - if a little fiddly

I'll be sure to take pictures