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blackfox
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i recently bought a d200 off of a friend who has used it a few times on african safaris ,the actual camera mechanically fine ,but cosmetically it needed a good tidy up and due to being left in the car in africa the rubbers had all expanded in the heat making the camera look very untidy ,
i got it for such a good price it was deemed worth spending a few bob on it so i ordered a new set of rubber grips off a e/bay hong kong seller who unusually had a 100% feedback ,it took exactly a week for the grips to turn up this morning so i bit the bullet and started at 10 o'clock .its a bit daunting at first removing the rubbers but they peeled off easily ,i then cleaned up any surplus glue left behind and cleaned the edges with a metal probe ,(i must add i used to be model maker so i have lots of small tools ) and very sparing wipe over with sticky stuff remover finished the bodywork .
putting on the new rubbers was harder than it looked ,the supplier does say that the original glue is rubbish and supplies a micro film thin double sided tape ,but this has to be cut to fit the shapes of the grips ,some of which are very small ,after a hour i had the job finished and a camera that looks in top condition and must add at least £100 to the value for a £23 pound outlay .heres some pics of the before and aftersAttachment: front grip .jpg (Downloaded 44 times)
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blackfox
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front left hand grip Attachment: front l:h grip.jpg (Downloaded 44 times)
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blackfox
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and finally rear grip Attachment: rear grip.jpg (Downloaded 44 times)
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blackfox
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all in all a very fiddly job but well worth it in the end ,i hope the end results look o.k and if your thinking of doing it go ahead its not that hard
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Squarerigger
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Very nice job. Looks like factory new.
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jk
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Nice job.
Looks like you had a fun day but well worth the effort.
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Iain
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Thats made all the difference for not a lot of money.
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Robert
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Well done, makes a big difference.
I tend to use Evostick when I peel the rubber back to access screws on Nikon D cameras. I remember there is a special glue to stick motor cycle handgrips which is very good for this.
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