Brian Legge
Veteran
I just picked up a 7sII. It looked in reasonably good shape. The shutter fired appropriately, no major front element problems, etc. I'm still working on getting the battery top to screw off but I'm confident I can solve that one.
I missed something though.
The rear element is in poor shape. The glass facing the camera door has some gunk on it that doesn't want to come off. More significantly, there seems to be some fungus on shutter side of the rear element.
I'm having a heck of a time getting it out, but assuming I do, does anyone know where I might be able to find a replacement? Is the Hi Matic E rear element the same? Those are at least cheaper and more plentiful - maybe i can find a junk on of them. Given the lack of spare parts for these cameras (and no one specializing in minolta as far as I know), I'm guessing shop repair probably isn't reasonable.
I missed something though.
The rear element is in poor shape. The glass facing the camera door has some gunk on it that doesn't want to come off. More significantly, there seems to be some fungus on shutter side of the rear element.
I'm having a heck of a time getting it out, but assuming I do, does anyone know where I might be able to find a replacement? Is the Hi Matic E rear element the same? Those are at least cheaper and more plentiful - maybe i can find a junk on of them. Given the lack of spare parts for these cameras (and no one specializing in minolta as far as I know), I'm guessing shop repair probably isn't reasonable.