Mamiya 7II: Fine Red Sand Inside the Body
Originally posted on Instagram. Notes from the repair bench, kept here as a searchable archive. View the original on Instagram
This Mamiya 7II gets the distinction of being the camera with the most sand inside the body, at least for the month. The camera arrived from Australia and the sand is red and very fine, not like anything we have here in the Mohave desert.
While I have many styles of brushes, I recently found The Perfect Ten make up brush set and I like it for superficial cleaning of cameras, lenses and mirrors. I found it on an end cap at Target by the cosmetic department, very inexpensive.
As seen in photo four, the plastic cap over the battery compartment cover is cracked on one side. While it is still holding on, it soon may crack off and then the battery cover will become difficult to remove, so a replacement cover was ordered by my client to keep in the camera bag when/if the cover breaks.
