Camera Maintenance: Light Seals on the Fuji GSWiii 690
For the second time this month I find myself replacing light seals on my old cameras. Previously it was my Fuji G617 very wide format camera. That exercise was successful. I have thought I was having light leaks in mmy Fuji GSW 690 since last summer shortly after I got it from Japan. Some photos seemed to indicate a problem. Below is an example from a hike in Montana last summer. It was a bright sunny day and I had my camera out all day. The banding I suspect was due to a light seal problem at one end of the camera or the other. So I decided to replace the seals. The problem with camera light seals is they all seem to have used the same self adhesive foam material. This foam after decades deteriorates and turns into a black tarry substance. In my case pieces had dislodged and begun to smear on the backing plate in addition to the inability to keep light out. I start by first protecting the lens. I push a piece of cloth onto the back of the lens to keep any debris or dropped ...