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Author Message   Glenn Tinkerer Username: Glenn Post Number: 779 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 05:59 pm:    Amanda, As usual the simplest and most common cause of your problem has been ignored - Have you moved the shutter release lock lever into the locked position by mistake? This lever is the little lever 'under' the release button, its front edge is flat and has a black engraved line on it - if this lever is rotated to the locked position whilst the shutter is cocked the camera will exhibit the symptoms you have seen, so make sure the release is not locked. The FTb is a sturdily built camera and is well worth the cost of a CLA if the shutter curtains are sound, and the camera's prism is not suffering from separation. If the viewfinder is obscured by a large number of 'fungus' like spots the best choice would be another body - three or four spots are not worth bothering or worrying about.