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Mikevernon
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Username: Mikevernon

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Registered: 02-2012

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Posted on Monday, May 21, 2012 - 03:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

My Pen FT has developed a problem. Sometimes when the shutter release button is pressed the mirror moves only as far as the closed postion so the shutter doesn't fire. I then have to take off the lens and move the mirror a little with my finger, at which point the shutter fires. Sometimes the mirror then flicks back to the viewing position, but sometimes it sticks in the closed position and I have to push it back manually.
Any ideas?
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Rick_oleson
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Registered: 07-2006

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Posted on Friday, May 25, 2012 - 08:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

like so many things, it sounds like a cleaning job. i have some disassembly notes if you want to tackle it. [email protected]
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Mikevernon
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 12:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Thanks Rick, you have mail.

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