P3D FED Stereo light leaks

[phils@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Phil Spooner)]

Hi,

Has anybody any advice on FED light leaks please. I had my FED repaired 
by Swains (UK) last year (jammed back and much worse light leaks) and 
the test film they sent back with the camera showed no leak problems. 
However, two films I just took on holiday both show problems. 

I did wonder if the problems I am seeing are down to lens flare, but I 
suspect not for these reasons: the problem is a diagonal light mark at 
the bottom centre of the frame and this extends into the black film 
edge; the mark frequently occurs on two adjacent frames (i.e. two 
different shots); the direction of the diagonal mark is always the 
same.

As many as a quarter of the frames on a film are ruined by this 
diagonal mark. Often only one of a pair are affected so I've salvaged 
some mono frames with some 2x2 slide mounts, but I'm losing a lot of my 
stereo shots. Does anybody have any advice on how to track down this 
problem please?

- Phil -
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