mirror damping foam for AE-1

Hi, everyone,

I need to replace the mirror foam for my Canon AE-1. I live in Lawrence (a small town in Kansas), and can not find a repair shop here. I also tried find the replacement foam from the website of Fargo Enterprises, seems I could not find any foam there from their online catalog.(I am not familar with their website, maybe I am not searching it the right way... ).

Could anybody give me a suggestion about the right place to get the replacement material, and, if I want to fix it by myself, what is the most important thing to know. thanks.

Wensheng,

Fargo is the place. It isn't the easiest to find on their page. I

just ordered a selection of foam from them. Call them at 1-800-359-

2878. I think that the 2mm foam (#LB2MM) is a good match for the

mirror bumper. You should also check the foam that seals your camera

back. Double check with fargo for proper foam type/thickness for

your camera; they may have a suggestion. (The metric size foam is

"open cell" type, english measures like 3/32 inch are "closed

cell".) I had a camera re-foamed "professionally". He used open

cell foam for the mirror bumper (seems to be 2mm) and closed cell

foam for the camera back (seems to be 3/32 inch).

Good luck, Karl

At Fargo look for Light Baffles. That is what the foam is called.

They also sell kits of a piece of each thickness foam.

Wensheng,

If you have not repaired your camera yet, or have other problems in

the future, there is a very good repair shop about 20 miles west of

you on highway 24 in Topeka. I got the foam and light seals replaced

on my AE1 for about $15.00, and on other repairs he has free

estimates.