Zenit 3m mirror trouble.

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Author Message   Dannyd Tinkerer Username: Dannyd Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2012 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 - 10:35 am:        Hi before i start i am not that good with cameras. XD the other day i found an old camera lurking about and decided to try and gett it working, first thing i did was wind it, it worked but the mirror did not lock into place so i cannot look through the view finder. is it an easy relatively cheap fix or is my camera dead?   Thepurush Tinkerer Username: Thepurush Post Number: 24 Registered: 01-2012 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2012 - 02:36 am:        It is relatively simple. See this page in which ther is a pic shwoing how the mirror is actuated. There is a circular cam at the bottom which actually moves the lever at the bottom move up n down. But it seems in yr case it is the end of lever at the top which got wedged above roller. Remove the lense and u can see tht roller below mirror. Try relleiveing it. The mirror easily sanps back in to rest posiion. If necessary remove the plate at the bottom that covers the gears. This plate is accessible from front after removing lense. Note the 2 small screws holding it in place. You dont need to remove bottom plate. Good luck.

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