Mamiya 7 missing S/N

fade2black · Jan 23, 2020

So I got a Mamiya 7 from my Dad and recently noticed that the serial number on the bottom is missing. Looks like it was scratched off. I cannot find anything online about this. Now I don't think my Dad is an international camera thief, so is there anything I should know about why it is like this or what could have happened to cause this? I'm sure this adversely impacts the value of the camera. Any help is appreciated.

fiddle · Jan 23, 2020

Interesting. I had a sorta similar situation. I had a Mamiya 7 lens that was stamped twice on the last 2 numbers of the serial. Could not confirm what the serial actually was. I tried finding info as well, got nowhere. My theory is that these are some kind of black market, only for sale in Japan sold elsewhere etc. Only thing I can come up with.

fade2black · Jan 23, 2020

Hmm, my dad did travel to Japan a lot for business. Maybe he bought it over there and brought it back.

warden · Jan 23, 2020

Probably a grey market situation, and since the camera came from your trusted father I wouldn’t worry about it. Congratulations on a fantastic camera!

mshchem · Jan 23, 2020

Could have been a "not first class" unit. Some minor cosmetic flaw, or a field return, sold as is no warranty etc. Nice camera.
My Dad gave me a beat up Nikkormat, he did build me a darkroom and show me how to use it.

fade2black · Jan 24, 2020

mshchem said:
Could have been a "not first class" unit. Some minor cosmetic flaw, or a field return, sold as is no warranty etc. Nice camera.
My Dad gave me a beat up Nikkormat, he did build me a darkroom and show me how to use it.

haha, we did the same thing! Built a darkroom and learned how to process B&W and color film/prints. Was awesome and something we loved doing.

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