Mamiya C220 After a Fall: Finder Glass and Filter Ring Repair
Originally posted on Instagram. Notes from the repair bench, kept here as a searchable archive. View the original on Instagram
This Mamiya C220 had a rough time recently . It was sent to me by @sirjakethomas and he told me that during his recent London trip, it had a bit of a fall. Fortunately, no major issues other than the broken finder glass, damaged focus frame and a dented filter ring on the 55mm lens. All items fixed up and the camera is ready to go.
Photo two shows the cracked finder glass and photo three is the damaged filter threads on the viewing lens. Photo four shows the camera with the focus screen assembly removed and you can see the two shims at the rear of the camera and the large shim at the front.
I use several devices for checking focus at the film plane including an autocollimator but in this case I am showing the 6x6 insert installed at the film plane with a ground glass and 30x loupe attached. In the foreground, I am showing the two other inserts that I use for 6x7 and 6x4.5 format cameras with the same ground glass and loupe system.
