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Author Message   Sevo Tinkerer Username: Sevo Post Number: 57 Registered: 09-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 03:26 pm:    I don't mind giving tips about repairs to non-classics provided that the defect is repairable with classic tools and techniques. This one is not - on AF cameras, you can't replace the mirror with some generic bit of mirror, as it has to have a semitransparent AF patch of defined pattern and transparency, and often a secondary mirror or prism sandwiched to it. It will only be fixable by swapping the mirror sub-assembly with a Nikon original part. If neither Nikon nor any service partner still has spares left, you'll have to get hold of a dead electronics D50 to butcher. Not that hard, as the electronics are toast far more often than the mirror.