New Rubber For Mamiya RZ67 Body?

[braxus]

The rubber on one side of the bottom of the RZ67 body has come off, exposing a small hole in the casing. Is it possible to get new rubber for these cameras? I only need the one strip for it.

 

[Sirius Glass]

There are a number of companies that sell leather or plastic covers for many cameras. I am sure that you can find several that will sell covers for the Mamiya RZ67.

 

[braxus]

Ive done a search on web searches and Ebay and came up with nothing. I may not be looking in the right place, but so far nothing.

 

[Mamiya_Repair]

Covering on the RZ67 side and bottom plates was bonded to the plastic substrate and never sold as a separate part. When parts were available through Mamiya, I just replaced the entire cover but since that is not an option any longer, you will need to improvise with some material..

 

[bdial]

CameraLeather has coverings for RB67 according to his website http://cameraleather.com/supported.html
His reputation precedes him, but some folks here recently reported reliable dealings. The other popular source is Aki-Asahi, but he is apparently not shipping to the US or Canada at the present time http://aki-asahi.com/store/

 

[AgX]

I am not sure about the original covering, but a cleaned piece of bicycle tube yields a satin surface and a smooth touch. It would cost you nothing and would be easy to apply with contact cement.

 

[Sirius Glass]

CameraLeather has coverings for RB67 according to his website http://cameraleather.com/supported.html
His reputation precedes him, but some folks here recently reported reliable dealings. The other popular source is Aki-Asahi, but he is apparently not shipping to the US or Canada at the present time http://aki-asahi.com/store/

That is of whom I was thinking I was thinking but I could not recall the name. Thank you.

 

[braxus]

A quick search on that site shows the RZ isn't supported.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Either buy a small piece of material and cover the wires or buy a large piece of leather, make patterns with brown paper until you get the right shapes and then cut the leather and attach with a slow setting contact cement so that you can move and readjust the pieces.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

RZ covering appears to be molded material into shape, This is not a piece of flat whatever that is cut to shape then shaped as needed at glue on. I have not ever seen body covering replacements for RZ, it appears as it could have only been done under controlled production environment.

Seems like you have two choices: write to those who do re-covering jobs (camera leather is one of them, some camera repair shop do that too), if they are willing to take on this odd one, or find a material that can be cut to shape (make a template first with paper so it molds into position as neatly as possible) and apply it yourself. I think end result will probably not be looking much better than the current naked section.