TJV
Well-known
Hello.
I nearly fainted today when I picked up my Mamiya 7ii and went to focus. I couldn't get the line I was looking at to match up and it was more than 3 meters away! After blinking a couple of times I realised I was looking at several hair lines on the rangefinder patch. After careful cleaning of the windows I have come to the conclusion that there is some hair sitting inside the viewfinder unit on one of the mirrors. If I tap the camera they move a little but I can't get them off the mirror and out of sight. anyone else had this problem? How hard is the unit to get into to clean? I have a friend who is a trained camera tech but wonder if I'll need to send it to Mamiya to fix and reseal / calibrate.
Thoughts?
Tim
I nearly fainted today when I picked up my Mamiya 7ii and went to focus. I couldn't get the line I was looking at to match up and it was more than 3 meters away! After blinking a couple of times I realised I was looking at several hair lines on the rangefinder patch. After careful cleaning of the windows I have come to the conclusion that there is some hair sitting inside the viewfinder unit on one of the mirrors. If I tap the camera they move a little but I can't get them off the mirror and out of sight. anyone else had this problem? How hard is the unit to get into to clean? I have a friend who is a trained camera tech but wonder if I'll need to send it to Mamiya to fix and reseal / calibrate.
Thoughts?
Tim