Body Repair on Mamiya 7II

<p>Hello everyone - I dropped my 7II and a huge piece broke off the bottom part. It still works fine but I'm afraid something is going to get into it and cause some damage. Any recommendations on where I can send it for body repair? Thanks! </p>

<p>Tell you the truth I never heard of a camera body repair shop. They are probably going to recommend that you get an entire new body. Your best bet is your local hardware shop in the glue section.</p>

<p>Recementing the body part is possible with a good quick setting plastic glue. I would also check with Mamiya repair facilities to see if they have any spare body parts. I cracked the plastic bottom plate on my Fuji GSW 690 III and found on eBay a source of replacement baseplates and other parts from a repair service, so these parts are often available if you are lucky.. </p>

<p>Have you kept the piece that broke off? I would try Arthur's suggestion.</p>

<p>If it's working fine, I might be tempted to get out the duct tape. Seriously.</p>

<p>Have you contacted Mamiya USA directly? They must be servicing this camera-- it's a current model, or if not, it was only discontinued recently.</p>

<p>I presume it isn't insured? If it was then depending on age it might be preferable ( and easier) to get the company to write it off and set the proceeds towards a newer body? Repairs to a mamiya 7 are by repute and from my own experience rather expensive.</p>

<p>I might also suggest checking the rangefinder as the knock may have disrupted its accuracy.<br>

Jim</p>

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<p>Have you contacted Mamiya USA directly? They must be servicing this camera</p>

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Mamiya stopped servicing it in March. </p>

 

 

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<p>Mamiya stopped servicing it in March.</p>

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Wow, if that is true, the days are long gone when manufacturers serviced cameras 5 or 10 years (e.g., Nikon) or 30 years or more (Leica) after the camera was discontinued. We are irreversibly in the era of "point and scrap".

 

 

 

 

 

But you can take some assurance in the fact that service can still be available from a few service centers that purchased parts from the manufacturer and service cameras longer than the manufacturer does.

 

 

 

 

 

Something (the record of the manufacturer!) to keep in mind when you decide between possible purchases.

 

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<p>Yep, what Arthur said. I'm surprised too-- I thought the usual standard was ten years.</p>

<p>FWIW, Mamiya Japan still lists it as a current model, so you could <a href="http://tinyurl.com/m47gg98">ask their service center</a> if they can fix it. It surely wouldn't be cheap, but they'd be the most likely source for a replacement baseplate.</p>

<p>did you call them: http://www.precisioncameraworks.com/ ?</p>