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     Sevo Tinkerer Username: Sevo Post Number: 78 Registered: 09-2008 Rating: N/A |
There never was a Mamiya 645M - there were a dozen versions of the M645. We might be able to say more if you could identify yours more precisely. What black fabric? The mirror dampening foam has a life span of about one decade, and accordingly will need replacement on most M645es by now. Pre cut kits and foam boards are often offered on ebay, and through all camera repair parts dealers. The leatherette can be reattached with Pliobond, Kövulfix, Pattex classic or any other, similar leather contact cement. Be warned that all makers also offer updated more adhesive stuff, often under more or less the same name - you want traditional contact cement that can still be rubbed off metal surfaces with a finger when dry. The "peeling interior side walls" sound a bit scary. Either you misinterpret something about the cameras construction, or yours may be toast. The mirror box walls on all M645 types I am aware of are clad with dull black painted corrugated sheet metal - if the paint is peeling off them, the camera has been rotting in a damp cellar for years, or spent some time at the bottom of a pool. You may want to evaluate the shape of the camera, mirror and shutter before you put any money and repairs into it - at the current going rate of used M645 bodies there is no point in trying to salvage a formerly waterlogged one. |