Pentax 6x7 mirror damper help

[tobias]

Hello brains,
I recently bought into the Pentax 6x7 world, and love the beast and its glass.

I have noticed, however, that i do not have any mirror damper in the box, and was wondering if anyone had a pdf service manual, or know-how on where the damper is meant to be, and what kind of material it should be made from. Again, I have little trust nor budget for local service men, and since the camera was a single owner machine before I bought it, I would prefer to install a damper myself than let a technician set something else wrong within my new baby.

Thanks,
t

P.S. Yes, I made the grip. Scottish oak, polyurethane rubber, scavanged steel and an A4 steel screw to lock it.

 

[John Koehrer]

Are you referring to a light seal? The mirror damper is not usually visible, but alongside the mirror box inside the camera.
I'm not familiar with the large Pentax but if it had a seal it typically would be along the front edge of the mirror box so when the mirror is up the mirror would contact it & seal out light.
Remove the lens, put the camera on B & hold the shutter open, look where the bottom of the mirror contacts the area just inside the lens mount.

 

[olwick]

A quick search shows that this place offers the service manual
http://www.photobooksonline.com/books/manual10.html
(not affiliated with them)

 

[removed-user-1]

Very nice grip.

 

[tobias]

thankyousir.
the grip does make it a lot easier, or safer feeling, to hold the camera. I think it might be more of the sense of confidence that it is not going to slip. Made in the kitchen with a hand saw, No. 5 plane and drill, as this is all I have access to right now.

 

[tobias]

Hi John,
yes, if this were one of my 35mm pentaxes, then what I am talking about would have been that front edge foam strip, which dampens as well as blocking light from the VF, however on the 6x7 I have heard that there is meant to be some kind of mirror damper, so I assume a rubber block, however I cannot see any, and thus was worried that I might be getting a little more mirror jiggle than I am meant to.

t