"Bob Staab" <jwh@crosslink.com> wrote in message

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> Anybody know why the reflex mirror in my Nikon N6006 won't go back

> into position. The mirror is locked in the open position (as though

> the camera is in the process of taking a photo) and pressing the

> shutter release button just doesn't do anything.

>

> I am wondering if maybe it is a result of low battery power, but it

> seems really weird that there wouldn't be enough battery power to

> close the mirror.

Commonly (at least with Nikons), a "lock-up" of this type

is a result of low-battery condition. Heck, just try fresh batteries...

> I hadn't used the camera for quite a while and when I fooled around

> with it today I couldn't remember how to rewind the film so I opened

> the camera back with the film still in and gently and slowly pulled

> the film from where it was wound in the camera. Could that have

> caused the screw up with the mirror.

Oops! Some of the Nikon bodies DO NOT fare well when this is

done - the sprocket wheel must be turned to return the counter to

zero for correct operation (you may be able to "trick" it back to

zero manually).

> The camera display still shows that film is in the camera and claims

> that I am on frame 5, but there is no longer film in the camera.

See above! Don't do this again. For now, try opening the

back and turning the sprocket wheel backward (you *may*

need to have the camera in rewind mode to get the numbers to

change, but I'm not sure - and this *may* require you to "key"

the camera into "thinking" the back is closed [inserting and holding

the right-sized object into the small slot on the body that a tab on

the back enters when it is closed may do it...]). Then, change the

batteries!

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David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com