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Author Message   Prasanna Tinkerer Username: Prasanna Post Number: 93 Registered: 10-2009 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 - 04:01 am:    The mirror release lever is the problem. It is either the alignment that has changed or a spring that has lost its tension. Try removing the lens and reach inside to the left wall. You will find a small lever that holds the mirror up. Push that lever with a blunt plastic or wooden rod and the mirror will drop down. Then you will be ready to wind on. This problem exists with some other cameras too, such as, the Konica, Pentax SP series and the like.