[rollei_list] Re: SL35M & ME felt details

Put the roll in, shoot  few, then STOP, and set the camera in a window
for a while.  Make an exposure with the cap on, and do it again....
You'll see any leaks.

Peter Nebergall 
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:23:18 -0400 (AST) Robert Chiasson
<ba799@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Thanks, Carlos
> 
> I was worried about the lack of anything to seal the back - the SL35 
> (the 
> real one) has a yarn thread in there - all the Japanese cameras I 
> have use 
> a rubber seal, the only camera I have that doesn't seal the back is 
> my 
> Retina Reflex. So I guess I'll have to try a film when spring 
> arrives in 
> The Great White North. If I'm feeling paranoid I can shoot half the 
> roll 
> and then seal the back with hockey tape for the rest of the roll.
> 
> ------
> Robert
> 
> 
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
> 
> > I was reading your message again and to be more
> > precise, the only felt strip in my camera runs in the
> > door from the upper to the lower hinge vertically,
> > it's a continuous vertical felt strip along the door
> > end about 5 cm long or about 2" (inches) long;  this
> > felt has two strips in your camera about 1/2" long
> > each one according your description, I guess there is
> > no felt between these two parts and then, if this is
> > the case, it wouldn't be normal because the felt strip
> > is continuous to seal the door from the upper hinge to
> > the lower hinge.
> >
> > Carlos
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