Fixing the light seals on my CANON AE-1

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My last roll of portra 400 was covered with light leaks, so I ordered some light seal foam and made a video about fixing the problem for good!
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00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Light Leaks
01:49 - Replacing the old seals
06:15 - Wrap up
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@BKeeperIII 2 года назад

For anyone contemplating doing this, I HIGHLY recommend getting a package of bamboo skewers from your local grocery store, Walmart, or dollar store. They have pointed tips like toothpicks, but come in much easier to handle 6" lengths (more commonly found in 10" lengths, though). They're great for scraping out the goo from crevices and will not scratch your camera. The usually come in packs of 100, are cheap and will last you a long time for these types of projects and others.

@Ry_Gordon 2 года назад

That is great! Thanks!

@benborman 3 года назад

Well done, man! I've done dozens of these on Canon AE-1's over the past year (as part of a refurbishing hobby), and this is nearly the exact method I use. Had no issues so far! Its best to have decent tools like you do, makes the job so much easier.

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Thank you so much!

@imSatsura 3 года назад

Thanks for the detailed video! Just started out film photography and was in need of this. You got yourself a new subscriber

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful! Let me know if you have any questions along the way!

@bakerdrums 3 года назад

Thank yoooou for this video! Best and most informative one I’ve seen.

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

For sure! Let me know if you have any questions!

@heartlyhere 2 года назад

Thank you for this! Very very helpful! Especially with the mirrored area.

@Ry_Gordon 2 года назад

So glad!

@saracolacicco1471 2 года назад

Thank you for this video, so clear! I must do the same on my AE1 for the first in my life and i'm searching good tutorials for learn the best method to do it, without making bad things on my babe. Your video is, for now, the best that i've seen on this theme. I'm sorry if my english is not so good, not my first language, i'm from Italy. My best camera riparator (?, maybe not the night word) of faith has told my yesterday that I can do this job on myself and so I will do soon. I'm sad 'cause i've lost good shoots for this problema and with bw, in my opinion, it's not so cool, some photos are completely lost. A lot of pure black stripes (?) on it. 🥺 Thank you again, i will follow your channel with pleasure. PS: my "riparator" (🤭) told me, in a call, the same method that you used here but is better to see it step by step. Bye and thanks again! :)

@Ry_Gordon 2 года назад

Hope your repair worked out!

@margauxlaurier 3 года назад

Maybe this will solve my light leak problem too! Great video explaining the process as well, thank you!

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Hope it works man! Thanks for checking it out, let me know if you have any questions!

@facuaw 2 года назад

Hey! It works?

@GrantUchida 3 года назад

very informative! i recently found my dads nikkormat el and i was looking to fix it up, helped greatly, thanks for the video!

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Hope it goes smooth!

@GrantUchida 3 года назад

@@Ry_Gordon update, it worked smoothy!

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

@@GrantUchida Great to hear!

@CrimeanHorseArcher Год назад

Thx man very helpful!

@tillmartin3847 Год назад

Thank you, super helpful!

@philtherhythm 2 года назад

This is very helpful since my Nikon FE and FE2 are basically the same camera so I can try it on them as well.

@Ry_Gordon 2 года назад

Hope it all went well!

@kevinvan4481 4 месяца назад

Excellent advise

@trevvrun1 3 года назад

Thanks for the help man

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Hope everything works for ya!

@lea4777 Год назад

very nice mate. ty

@sweetkicksvideos7566 3 года назад

Good video. I just developed film and it had some light leaks and you uploaded this video just in time!

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Hope it helps!

@samwise6644 2 года назад

Dude, I just used your method, it worked great! Just finished so we'll see how my photos turn out after. I'm gonna let it dry overnight like you said. Thanks!

@Ry_Gordon 2 года назад

So glad to hear! Hope all goes well!

@samwise6644 2 года назад

@@Ry_Gordon I'm gonna drop off my new roll today! I'll let you know. Thanks again.

@samwise6644 2 года назад

@@Ry_Gordon It did! The case is much tighter and snug. The rolls I shot came back with minimal light leaks. I still get some leak, but it's not as overbearing.

@tilica5353 3 года назад

Thank you for this video ,i hope that i can change at my camera.

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

I hope so too! Let me know if you have any further questions!

@ilovesooni 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this video!! Super helpful. Would you mind sharing the measurements for the foam pieces you cut out?

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Yes of course! The lengths were measured just by holding it to the space that was being filled and cutting to size, the rest of the measurements are: Top door channel seal on the camera body - 1 x 1mm Bottom door channel seal on the camera body - 1 x 1mm Door hinge seal on the camera body - 1 x 1mm Door hinge seal on the back cover - 1 x 1mm Mirror cushion - 1 x 3mm

@ilovesooni 3 года назад

@@Ry_Gordon THANK YOU!

@savethephotons2532 3 года назад

Great Video! Thanks, helped me a lot. Maybe one critique, the constant changes between zoom levels when you're talking to camera are bit too much for my taste. :)

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Thank you for the feedback! I've done this less in my newer ones!

@randallstewart175 3 года назад

The dense cell foam strips used by many manufacturers including Nikon and Canon during this period just melted over time, returning to a thick black goo. No surprise and fairly easy to replace, if more than a bit messy to first clean out. Also, Nikon and Canon used a type of fake plastic "leather for cases which hardened and cracked, nearly disintegrating. For example, why you nearly never find a Canonette with its case. Pentax never had that problem, so they must have used either a different type of case plastic or real leather.

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Yeah its a pain to clean off, but man it feels and looks good after!

@thelemon5069 Год назад

Real leather for pentax cases however pemtax light seals do degrade I'm currently watching this video for my Pentax Super Program mirror damper seals which are goopy and flaking into the mirror and sensor. The back however where the film sits is fine.

@ScottieWotty 3 года назад

Thanks for the video! In regards to your amazon link, what thickness light seal foam did you buy? Looks like there are 5 different options off amazon. Secondly, did you use a different thickness light seal foam for different parts of the camera ie: doors vs shutter foam? Thanks!

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

I used the 1mm for everything! Hope that helps!

@ScottieWotty 3 года назад

That does help! In hindsight are you happy with the 1mm or would you have gone thicker for all or different parts of the light leak seal repair? Thanks

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

@@ScottieWotty I'm completely happy with the 1mm, I had looked it up on the uscamera blog and that was the recommended size. I ran around 10 rolls through since with no issues.

@ScottieWotty 3 года назад

@@Ry_Gordon Thank you! Ordered!

@calvinf9218 3 года назад

I bought a canon ae-1 for $50, lady said it worked fine.... WRONG! Just of a roll of Kodak UltraMax 400 back and its full of light leaks. I should've watched this video before loading the camera! And I put another roll of UltraMax in there before sending that roll to be dev'd and I'm currently on the 8th frame ;((

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Sorry man! That's a bummer for sure! Hope this helps future rolls!

@dylanvanderjeught9883 Год назад

Don't you need to seal the other side of the door, at my door there is some stickyness around the closing pin? Please somebody help met out :)

@FSOhara 3 года назад

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Ry_Gordon 3 года назад

Thank you Fernando!

@mertorcun5 2 года назад

Did you use the same thickness for every part?

@Ry_Gordon 2 года назад

Yup, 1mm for each strip! Top door channel seal on the camera body - 1 x 1mm Bottom door channel seal on the camera body - 1 x 1mm Door hinge seal on the camera body - 1 x 1mm Door hinge seal on the back cover - 1 x 1mm Mirror cushion - 1 x 1mm

@mertorcun5 2 года назад

@@Ry_Gordon Thank you very much for the specification!

@Ry_Gordon 2 года назад

@@mertorcun5 Absolutely! hope it helps!