7hi: Where to buy new rubber eyepiece?

[p.milnes]

I have a Dimage 7hi. The rubber eyepiece gasket thingy is broken.

Where can I get another? I know that this must be a fairly common problem, because I have a friend that has the same camera, and his is gone too.



Any ideas?



Paul

[slipe]

The standard eyeguard will fit the eyepiece perfectly. Once you use it you will not want to be without it in bright light. http://www.telescope.com/shopping/pr...keyword=rubber

My parrot ate the original eyepiece the first day I had my D7i. It turned out to be a good deal because I really like the eyecup.

[lucky2505]

"I know that this must be a fairly common problem..."

Yes, it was a known problem starting with the Dimage 7, and it's a shame that Minolta continued to manufacture a defective part. You could not buy the eyepiece from Minolta either. The camera had to be sent in to them for repair.

[p.milnes]

slipe wrote:

The standard eyeguard will fit the eyepiece perfectly. Once you use it you will not want to be without it in bright light. http://www.telescope.com/shopping/pr...keyword=rubber

My parrot ate the original eyepiece the first day I had my D7i. It turned out to be a good deal because I really like the eyecup.

Thank you, Slipe. I ordered a set of three of the eyeguards this morning. I'll give one to my friend.



Paul

[KM_krazy]

Do those eyeguards block the IR eye sensor?

[slipe]

KM_krazy wrote:

Do those eyeguards block the IR eye sensor?

It might. Mine never worked right in the first place so I don't know for sure. I rarely refer to the LCD, so it wasn't worth correcting.

[p.milnes]

I just got the eyepiece in...



It DOES still work - it automatically switches when you put your face up to the camera.



Paul