| Joined: | Fri Jul 25th, 2025 |
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Was hunting for an affordable D850 to fix up but even ones with top and front casings smashed were going for best part of £500!
But I have just picked up a D810 for £200 - has had the lens mount snapped off but enough of the mirror box front face remains to get a replacement spring and mount correctly aligned. The camera has arrived so I just wait for the spares to turn up.
I have black structural methylacrylate glue which will reconstruct the missing parts and secure the mount screws in their holes. If that doesn't work out then I can get a replacement box and have the fun of swapping it all over - full dismantle - I will try and avoid that if I can
Testing with a spare battery shows everything else is OK and it has a 73k shutter count.
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You might like to take a look at this: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/9/3386 .It's a paper on the material properties of a polycarbonate material
Last edited on Fri Aug 29th, 2025 22:10 by