With a pinhole in the bellows, the pinhole portion of the exposure would start when the dark slide is pulled and is independent of the actual shutter speed used. If there was less time between pulling the dark slide and making the exposure for shot #2 than the other shots, that could explain the difference.
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Just like any other light leak, a pinhole will expose to the film from the moment the darkslide is removed. Could be hours or seconds. The camera's shutter has nothing to do with it.Originally Posted by koraks
@ic-racer my post was in reply to the one above it. Read it in its context and it does make sense. Have a look.
The sources others have mentioned, especially Custom Bellows, will probably be your best bet. Nonetheless, given how supple and aromatic Ebony leather bellows are, I made an attempt to contact Hiromi and find out how you might get replacements from his bellows supplier in Tokyo. My message to Ian Wilson went unanswered. Richard Sexton replied that he didn't have any means of reaching Hiromi, but mentioned that Jeff at Badger might. Finally, Jeff said he was told that Ebony didn't have an actual bellows supplier. Rather, it was explained to him that Hiromi bought the leather and had an older Japanese gentleman fold it into bellows.
Based on all that, I cry "uncle." I'd go with Custom Bellows.
Reflection from the rear window of my Expedition that wasn't visible with lens wide open to focus, it happened when I stopped down. Wide open the lens angle of view is 90 deg, stopped down it's 100 deg.
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