Broken Mamiya

After watching a few YouTube videos about the Mamiya 645 camera I’d convinced myself that I knew enough about the camera to be able to venture onto eBay and buy a “for spares or repair” camera that came up for sale. It was a nice set of bits, including a waist level finder, a lens and a metered prism. It also included a camera body. Well, the camera arrived last week and I call it my “downstairs” camera as it looks as if it has been thrown downstairs at least once or twice. The lens works fine, but has a bit of a ding in the filter mount. The waist level finder works fine too, even though the mounting on one side has broken. The camera body is a bit of a mess though. By fiddling with it I’ve managed to lock the mechanism up completely. I’ve nothing against the seller here, nothing was sold as working. And I still think it was a great deal for the price. I’m gong to pop it back on eBay and see how much I can get for a properly broken device.