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Calindy
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Username: Calindy
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 05:22 pm: | 
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My Minolta Maxxum 7 with cracked bottom plate right by where you put the batteries in. It looks like I can just remove that plate and replace it, or is there more to it? Thanks! |
Glenn
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Username: Glenn
Post Number: 704
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 05:42 pm: |
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Have not worked on your specific camera, but the majority of bottom plates are there just to keep the dirt out/cosmetic reasons. However just in case the plate does retain a loose/free component, have the base of the camera pointing upwards before you remove the screws and the plate itself. |
Calindy
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Username: Calindy
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 07:16 pm: |
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Thanks! Any idea where I can find a replacement part? |
M_currie
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Username: M_currie
Post Number: 198
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 07:36 pm: |
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Depending on the crack and how much clearance there is inside, might it be possible to put it together with epoxy, perhaps with a little reinforcement inside?
Otherwise, I suspect you'll have to hunt down a donor camera, or find a repair place that can hunt one down.
Check out KEH.com periodically, in their "as-is" section, where they sell broken cameras, often for very small money. Occasionally Maxxums come up there with other malfunctions not worth fixing (for example the chronic aperture base plate failure on Maxxum 7000's that turns a great camera into a 5 dollar special) so you could get lucky and bag a 7 with a good bottom plate. |
Calindy
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Username: Calindy
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 - 12:57 pm: |
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Thanks! I will do that! |
