Repairing SF-1/SFX Body

barrist · 08-21-2008, 05:40 PM

Hey I am getting a cheap SF-1 locally, but the one issue with it is that it has a crack on the battery housing. If i ordered a for-parts-only SF-1 from eBay would it be possible at all to fix up the SF-1 I'm getting?

Here's a pic of the crack:

Stevopedia · 08-22-2008, 11:53 AM

OOH!

What you've got there is the AA Battery Grip for the SF-series. These are pretty rare, as the vast majority of SF-series cameras come with a grip that's made to take the 2CR5 lithium battery (the AA Battery Grip seems only to have been offered as an accessory, and never with the camera). It's a nice find, crack or no.

I would try to patch that crack somehow (though I don't know how to do it). If you didn't mind paying $5-$10 for the lithium battery (they last quite a while,actually) go ahead and buy the parts camera.

Or you could get lucky again and find another AA grip!

To get the grip off you just unscrew it using a coin, just like you would an older film body. The whole grip comes right off.

That's a nice camera, by the way. My dad has an SF-1N and I love it!

barrist · 08-22-2008, 11:56 AM

Thanks for the reply! Yeah I was thinking of just getting something to patch it up, to prevent any further cracking, but not sure what i could use.

Yeah it looks nice otherwise, and i believe at a steal price of $50CAD with the lens included!

*Damn Brit* · 08-22-2008, 01:31 PM

You could probably use super glue or epoxy. Take it off the camera first and bind it until the glue has set.

Gooshin · 08-22-2008, 01:45 PM

DUCT TAPE!!!

Stevopedia · 08-24-2008, 07:20 AM

Duct tape would work, but it would make a sticky residue of the grip when you took it off (and eventually on the tape itself it it gets old enough), and it would look tacky, and.... that's why I use scotch tape to hold my K1000 together! (I lost the screws that hold its bottom plate on.) But for many things duct tape is the way to go.

I agree with the Brit. Try some sort of glue first.

danielchtong · 08-28-2008, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by barrist

Hey I am getting a cheap SF-1 locally, but the one issue with it is that it has a crack on the battery housing. If i ordered a for-parts-only SF-1 from eBay would it be possible at all to fix up the SF-1 I'm getting?

Here's a pic of the crack:

I have the camera and 5 spare unused batt. Why bother fixing that? Email me at danielchtong At yahoo Dot com for a deal that you cannot refuse

Daniel