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Author Message   Mareklew Tinkerer Username: Mareklew Post Number: 268 Registered: 03-2010 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Monday, March 05, 2012 - 12:01 pm:    > Is the problem likely to be a dirty shutter mechanism or dirty shutter blades? yes. >I was wondering if I could do the necessary cleaning without taking the shutter off of the camera. no. Even if you dissolve the old grease, as soon as the solvent evaporates, the grease will stick something else together. You may be lucky and get rid of this specific problem, but it's like banging on the tv to get the picture back. Marek