Minolta Dynax 9 - help!

[liquidhouse]

Hi, I have a Minolta Dynax 9, and have always put it inside a dry glass box with with silicon gels. However, I took it out recently and noticed that there are some fungus and due to this, the rubberized side has totally cracked, exposing the inside parts! Is there anyway or anywhere I can get the whole piece of rubber replaced, does anyone know? I just wrote to Konica-Minolta but I have a feeling the chances of replacing the rubber is slim.. or else it's expensive?

Some photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90562463@N04/10100510894/

 

[d3ath5ync]

woah thats bad.
I think youre better off buying another minolta body. They cost next to nothing on evilbay

 

[eleveninth]

what was the humidity lvl

 

[liquidhouse]

i'm not sure of the humidity. .always put it in a dry box with silicon gel.. guess the silicon gel weren't much help.. i don't think i want to buy another cos i have another pen and a digital one to use .. it's just for keepsake and nothing like your own camera. ..

 

[eleveninth]

i'm not sure of the humidity. .always put it in a dry box with silicon gel.. guess the silicon gel weren't much help.. i don't think i want to buy another cos i have another pen and a digital one to use .. it's just for keepsake and nothing like your own camera. ..

did you reheat the silica gel?

 

[liquidhouse]

no i didn't.. i guess i'm partially at fault cos i never really did look at it much after I put it inside the dry box.. minolta just replied me saying they can't repair it.. asked me to go other camera repair shops. Anyone knows whether any shop can repair this?