Tbh, I just spent 4 hours trying to fix a light leak that wasn't a light leak

I developed a roll of HP5 from my old Pentax K1000 and every frame had this weird foggy streak in the top right corner. I was sure the camera seals were shot. I replaced them all, shot a test roll, and the streak was still there. Felt like an idiot when I finally held the camera back up to the light and saw a tiny pinhole in the shutter curtain itself. A little bit of liquid electrical tape fixed it in two minutes. Has anyone else had a shutter curtain fail like that on an old SLR?

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derekgibson4mo ago

At least you didn't start blaming the developer.

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luna_sanchez4mo ago

Always check the log file first.

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