Viewfinders & meters
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Mamiya 6 Dichroic Frame Finder Window Upgrade
This post is on the rarest of Mamiya 6 models: the Mamiya 6 Mark II (not to be be confused with the Mamiya 6MF). As you can see in the first photo, this…
Mamiya 6/7: Removing and Replacing Broken Viewfinder Glass
This has been a week of broken viewfinder glass repairs on Mamiya 7 and Mamiya 6. Years ago when Mamiya was in business, the solution to this issue was to…
Mamiya 7: Cracked Top Cover and Windows, Kenco Filter Test
Two items that win in the weekly catagories for 1.) most damaged camera and 2.) poorest quality filter. The Mamiya 7 in the first photo not only had a…
Mamiya 6: Frame Lines Stuck from Oil on Frame Line Assembly
The complaint on this Mamiya 6 was that the framelines would not work properly and were always stuck on the 150mm lens setting. Without removing the top…
Mamiya C330 Pro F: Focus Screen Foam and Light Seals
This Mamiya C330 Pro F came into the shop with a focus complaint. In many of these cases, the issue is with the foam on the focus screen becoming…
Mamiya 7: Testing Aperture Priority Auto Exposure
One of the battery of tests that are done on the Mamiya 7/7II on intake is check of the light meter automatic setting. On the Mamiya 7/7II this is an…
Mamiya 7II: Replacing Shattered Viewfinder and Frame Finder Glass
This has been a week for replacing broken Mamiya 7 viewfinder glass on a number of bodies. This particular Mamiya 7II was very unlucky, both the viewfinder…
Mamiya 7: Cracked Frame Finder Glass Replaced with Dichroic Glass
This Mamiya 7 came into the shop with a cracked frame finder glass. This is a good time to replace the original style plain groundglass window with the…
Mamiya 6: Cutting Replacement Rangefinder Windows
Getting ready for Mamiya 6 rangefinder window replacements this week. I generally cut a small quantity of them for preparation of these repairs. For some…
Mamiya 6 vs Mamiya 7: Light Meter Photocell Location
Recently a question came up about the meter systems on the Mamiya 7/7II versus the Mamiya 6. Since I am servicing one of each today, this might be a good…
Mamiya 7II: Unstable Meter Display from a Loose ISO Dial
This Mamiya 7II arrived with the complaint that the meter display was not stable and would change from the correct setting to the overexposure arrow. Sure…
Mamiya 7II: Fabricating a Dichroic Frame Finder Window
Another Mamiya 7II with broken glass. Usually the viewfinder glass is broken but in this case, the frame finder glass was impacted. Since the frame finder…
Mamiya 6: Checking the Light Meter for Auto Exposure Errors
A Mamiya 6 came into the shop with a complaint of incorrect exposure on the A setting. The first photo shows the pieces necessary for checking the light…
Mamiya 6: Cutting Replacement Viewfinder Glass
Servicing a Mamiya 6 with a broken viewfinder glass. While replacing broken viewfinder glass is a regular repair for me on the Mamiya 6/7 models, for some…
Mamiya Universal: Hazy Finder Cleaning and Rangefinder Calibration
Servicing a Mamiya Universal and 250mm f/5 lens. This particular example from 1981 looks like new, appears to have had very little use (many of these…
Mamiya 7II: Replacing Cracked Viewfinder Glass
Replacing a broken viewfinder glass on Mamiya 7II. As seen in the second photo, there is a small crack in the viewfinder glass in the upper left corner…
Mamiya 6: Stuck Frame Lines and Broken Viewfinder Glass
This Mamiya 6 came into the shop with a complaint of the frame finder lines not moving (stuck on 50mm). This tells me that the frame finder mechanism is…
Mamiya 7: Replacing the Frame Finder Window with 7II Style Glass
This Mamiya 7 had a broken frame finder illumination window. The second photo shows the replacement window in place. In this case, I replaced the window…
Mamiya C3: Replacing and Calibrating a Broken Focus Screen
This Mamiya C3 came into the shop with a fairly common issue- a broken focus screen glass. Replacement is straightforward, but the finder needs to be…
Mamiya 6: Battery Drain From a Loose Metal Part
This Mamiya 6 came into the shop with a complaint of a broken frame finder glass and problems with the battery not making connection. On initial…
Mamiya 7: No Finder LED Display After Impact Damage
Interesting repair on a Mamiya 7: the camera was impact damaged and the obvious sign was the damaged battery compartment. The complaint was that the LED…
Mamiya 7: Bent Rangefinder After an Impact
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…
Mamiya 6: Replacing Broken Viewfinder Glass
Servicing a Mamiya 6 with a broken viewfinder glass. For some reason, I see more Mamiya 6 cameras with broken finder glass than Mamiya 7. No idea why…
Mamiya C220 After a Fall: Finder Glass and Filter Ring Repair
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…