I recently changed the bellows on my Technika V to an ecbuyonline PU-leather bellows. Nice product, folds into the body... but it remains sticky as hell!!
I have been in contact with Rudy from ecbuyonline, who apologized for the ill-working product and replaced it with a nylon bellows free of charge. Good service.
BUT, I would like to use the PU-bellows - its smooth, flexible and looks good. What are my options? I have pondered brushing it with a thin layer of talc and carefully removing any excess powder afterwards... but the idea of introducing a superfine grained powder into my camera (film...) sort of scares me. Has any of you succesfully 'fixed' a sticky bellows?
thanks in advance - I know I can count on you
PS: the reason I have not changed to the nylon bellows right away is that - as you probably know - it is not that easy, nor fast to change bellows on a Tech.
PPS: short elaboration on the stickyness - when folded, the bellows become very compressed and when opening the camera and pulling out the front standard, the bellows makes cracky noises that sort of warns me that at some point, it will stick so much to itself that it will effectively disintegrate and leak. I have had the camera mounted open on my tripod for weeks in a vain hope that the glue would dry up... has not happened yet!
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