Re: [KOML] Back latch looseness and light leaks

["R. J. Bender" <rjbender@apci.net>]

Jay Maynard wrote:

> I've scanned the contact sheets of the first roll I shot with my Rapid Omega
> M, and put them up at http://conmicro.dynip.com/~jmaynard/kocntac1.jpg (and
> 2 and 3, too). If you look at kocntac1 frames 4, 6, 7, and 9, you can see
> there's significant fogging at the right side of the frame, corresponding to
> the left side of the camera. My camera has (for now, only) a 220 back, and
> the latch is loose - it'll rotate behind the film reminder holder and let
> the back get loose; when it does, the left side of the back wiggles a fair
> amount. (So does the right side, for that matter.) Is this a common problem?
> How do I fix it?
> 
> Also, what's the edge fogging near the end of the roll from? Is that just
> sloppy handling (I've never shot 220 before), or is something else at work
> here?
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There's a bolt 3/4 in. below the focusing knob that threads into the
body. It's the bolt that runs through the neckstrap lug. If it's missing
you have a hole leading directly into the film chamber! I had a Rapid
Omega with a missing bolt and the film used to fog before I figured out
the problem.

R. J. Bender ( A Nikon, Mamiya, Rapid Omega and Rollei user. )
mailto:rjbender@apci.net or
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