A use for this product it's makers didn't plan.
Made for tidying vehicle wiring looms, this product is brilliant for the collectors of vintage film cameras. With it's low tack, and exceptional ability to mould comfortably to the shape of vintage cameras, this tape is a godsend when it comes to preventing light leakage. Cameras made from the mid 1960s onwards utilised foam seals to ensure total light exclusion. By now most of these seals have degraded to the extent whereby the camera will let light onto the film. Doubly frustrating as film and it's development isn't cheap, and there's no quick check to see if the exposure is correct as with a digital camera.
Using Tesa tape to seal the back of a camera is a simple and inexpensive way to ensure this doesn't occur. It leaves no residue when removed, and doesn't damage the leather covering found on many cameras. Furthermore it's textured finish even aids grip, and if applied neatly is almost unnoticeable.
On vintage folding cameras, light leakage from the leather bellows can be rectified in the same manner.
While the ideal solution to leakage is to replace the seals, using Tesa tape is a simple and cost effective alternative.
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