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Author Message   Plaskey Tinkerer Username: Plaskey Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 09:21 am:    Update on this, I had the camera CLA'd via the great old camera dealer I got it from, and it's all now snappy, as it should be. To check whether the mirror mechanism is ok, the best way seems to be to release the shutter with the camera horizontal, and then with the camera vertical - if it sounds comparitively "floppy" with the camera horizontal, it's a weak mechanism.