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<p>Hello. I'm looking for some: Light Baffle, 1mm 25cm x 12cm sold by Micro Tools. If you closed your repair shop and have some, I would like to buy it. Also, I would be interested in any old repair cameras or tools you might have for sale. I am still in business repairing classic 35mm cameras part time. (I'm 68.) Anyway, I really need that Light Baffle, 1mm for my camera work. I've looked at substitute foams, but they do not look factory. I am positive that some closed camera shop out there has some sheets of it laying around. I sure would like to buy it, plus any other items to help keep my shop running. Customers come to be pleading for my services to fix their old classic 35mm cameras, but I have to turn many of them away for lack of time or parts. <br>

To contact me go to: abilenecamera.com or email: acrkori@gmail.com<br>

Kori, ACR</p>

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<p>Azel,</p>

<p>If you cannot locate the above, you might look at McMaster Carr items 9019T1 or 9019T2. These are sheets of paper covered with a very thin layer of black, velvet like material. The former is 10 thousandths of an inch thick w/o any adhesive, while the latter is 20 thousandths of an inch thick and has a pressure sensitive adhesive on the back. The surface is pretty much a 'black out' condition. </p>

<p>I've used some of this stuff in Mamiya RBs and such to great effect. Principally, I have used this material to line the interior of light measuring instruments we have built to use in the QC area of our factory. We manufacture light sensitive coatings for the Xerographic industry. I have not found anything better for my needs over the years. Not sure if this has merit for your application, I mention it here as an option.</p>

<p>Jim M</p>

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<p>Thank you Jim. I'll order a few sheets and see how it works on classic 35mm cameras. l'm mainly in the business of restoring these cameras, not so much repairing them although most do need repair also. I hate to install non-factory foam. It always screams 'amateur' to me, as I have seen too much amateur work where they install hard gray foam or black twine. I can't always restore a camera to factory condition, but I do try. As I get older the money is not so much a factor as doing the best work I can to make these old classics look and function properly. It never occurred to me that I would not be able to get factory foam for these cameras or I would have stocked up for the years ahead. Micro-Tools told me the Japanese company which made the foam went out of business. Imagine, a whole world and not one company makes original factory foam for these cameras.</p>
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<p>Azel. Also try Edmund Optics. They have a variety of light absorbing black-out material, with and without adhesive backing.<br>

http://www.edmundoptics.com/lab-production/general-tools/light-absorbing-black-out-material/1502/<br>

They also have light absorbing (black) foil. http://www.edmundoptics.com/search/#stq=Light+Absorbent&stp=1</p>

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