thechrisproject
5-Jul-2009, 17:32
My preview lever no longer opens the shutter so I can focus. When I move it up and down, it doesn't move all the way and nothing happens. I think its behavior is similar to when you have the shutter cocked and the preview lever is sort of locked out.
I've tried opening and closing the aperture a few times, as I read this somewhere and feel like I've done that before and it made the problem briefly go away.
To get around this, I've been setting it on T to compose and focus and then closing it and setting it on the right speed. It works, but it's clumsy. The lens is fairly old (it's a 135mm Nikkor 5.6) and I probably should just get the shutter overhauled, but that costs about $150 and a new shutter is only 70-80 more.
Any ideas on how to fix this other than taking it to the shop?
I've tried opening and closing the aperture a few times, as I read this somewhere and feel like I've done that before and it made the problem briefly go away.
To get around this, I've been setting it on T to compose and focus and then closing it and setting it on the right speed. It works, but it's clumsy. The lens is fairly old (it's a 135mm Nikkor 5.6) and I probably should just get the shutter overhauled, but that costs about $150 and a new shutter is only 70-80 more.
Any ideas on how to fix this other than taking it to the shop?