A wedding shoot in the rain taught me to always pack a seal kit

I was fixing a photographer's main camera in a muddy field outside Eugene, and the lens mount was full of grit. Since then, I keep a basic set of O-rings and gasket material in my tool bag, even for simple shop calls. Anyone have a better source for those tiny rubber seals on older SLRs?

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markm271mo ago

Oh man, that's so smart! I learned the hard way with an old Nikon FE that got caught in a drizzle. The film door seal had turned to goo and it ruined a whole roll. Now I keep a little bag of foam strips and those skinny rubber rings in my car. Have you tried that camera repair shop in Portland? They sell little kits for classic bodies.

casey_barnes1mo ago

That Portland shop saved my Pentax K1000 last year.