Re: Horizon 202 Light Leak Update

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  9 Apr 99 at 16:59, Thomas G. Tamura wrote:

> I just processed another roll of my trusty Agfa APX 100 roll.  Guess what?
> I still have the light leak in the exact same place - about 1/4 inch from
> the right edge of the frame.  I also see the light leak on the last
> unexposed frame (in the image area, not in the sprocket hole are), which
> means its a light leak for sure.  I am still not very clear on the felt
> issue and I have looked at the camera left and right, upside down and right
> side up and just about any way you could look at the camera with a light
> source and everything.

No felt strip visible, on neither side?
Odd.
 
> I also have one other problem with my Horizon 202 camera.  I can't seem to
> get the cable release to work.  I have tried numerous ones - long and short.
> Any quick fixes or replacement shutter releases?

I wasn't sure whether the 202 or the Noblex 150 required a very deep 
pin to release, but FWIW, the 202 starts feeling pressure at 10mm 
deep, and 15mm is long enough to release it....so if your cable 
release can do that, it *should* release....


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Willem-Jan Markerink


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