Mamiya 7: Bent Rangefinder After an Impact
Originally posted on Instagram. Notes from the repair bench, kept here as a searchable archive. View the original on Instagram
I did not repair this Mamiya 7. It came in with the complaint that the frame finder marks were not correct for the attached lens and that the rangefinder was not lining up. I was also told that the camera had an impact and the top cover was recently replaced.
If you look carefully at the first photo, you can see the rangefinder window slightly tilted at an angle.
Upon removing the top cover, I could see that one side of the rangefinder was bent at the mounting tab (photo two) and also that a mount tab was broken at the front of the rangefinder (photo three).
Although I can deal with replacing the rangefinder as I do stock them, the real problem was that the body casting was lifted up and cracked where the rangefinder mounting tab was bent and was barely holding together with a wide gap. Really no way to fix that problem successfully. So put it back together again and shipped the camera back to the client.
