Mamiya 6 Help

[alonbenav]

Hi Y'all,

Two things happened this weekend that I'm no super happy about regarding my Mamiya 6 and I'm hoping to get some input here before I ship her off for repair.

The first, and most pressing, is that the lens mount won't stay 'clicked' in the collapsed position. I push the black button to collapse the mount, it collapses, but I can simply grab the lens and pull the mount back out.

The second is a sticky shutter speed selector and power switch. I fear someone spilled beer on the top of the camera while I was at a soccer match.

Is this something I can tackle myself, or do I need to just get it shipped off? Any thoughts on what I'm looking at in repair costs?

Thank you!

 

[brian steinberger]

Are you in the US? If so ship it to Bob at precision camera works in Chicago. He does great work. Sounds like your camera needs a CLA. It will run you about $300 for a full CLA but is well worth it.

 

[Pablito]

Sounds like things that may be easy to repair. Be glad it's not a film transport problem. I would never open up a Maimya 6 myself....

 

[hausen]

Sold mine because I always felt it could break at anytime. I wouldn't try fixing it myself.

 

[alonbenav]

Are you in the US? If so ship it to Bob at precision camera works in Chicago. He does great work. Sounds like your camera needs a CLA. It will run you about $300 for a full CLA but is well worth it.

This is what I feared. I called Bob and it's going to be more like $400 + s/h both ways to get a CLA.

I might try somewhere locally in Portland first and see if they can handle it before I fork that kind of money over. $400 for repairs is STEEP.

 

[LazyHammock]

This is what I feared. I called Bob and it's going to be more like $400 + s/h both ways to get a CLA. I might try somewhere locally in Portland first and see if they can handle it before I fork that kind of money over. $400 for repairs is STEEP.

Mark Hansen is in Portland, I'm not he works on the Mamiya:

Zeissikonrolleirepair.com

I've been really happy with his work on my Contax IIa and I'll be sending him a Rolleiflex soon.

Good luck
Nick

 

[alonbenav]

Mark Hansen is in Portland, I'm not he works on the Mamiya:

Zeissikonrolleirepair.com

I've been really happy with his work on my Contax IIa and I'll be sending him a Rolleiflex soon.

Good luck
Nick

Thanks!

Yeah, Mark does GREAT work on Contaxes and Rolleis, but I'm not sure he's even interested in work on a more modern camera like the Mamiya. Advanced camera in Beaverton tells me they can do the work, and they back up their work with a decent warranty, so I may try them before sending it to Precision.

 

[LazyHammock]

Thanks! Yeah, Mark does GREAT work on Contaxes and Rolleis, but I'm not sure he's even interested in work on a more modern camera like the Mamiya. Advanced camera in Beaverton tells me they can do the work, and they back up their work with a decent warranty, so I may try them before sending it to Precision.

My bad, I was thinking if the older folding Mamiya 6!

 

[alonbenav]

My bad, I was thinking if the older folding Mamiya 6!

Not your fault, I probably should have specified 🙂

 

[alonbenav]

Just as an FYI, I took my camera to Advanced Camera in Portland and they cleaned out the top so that the switch and shutter selector work as new! Camera is working like a charm again and they saved me about $450 🙂

Definitely recommend the folks at Advanced.