I'm having problems with my pentax 6x7 . I engaged my mirror lock-up by accident and now I cant get it to release. The shutter release doesn't work. I cant advance the film. I checked the battery and its fully charged. I tried changing lenses(pentax 165 2.8 & Takumar105 2.4)and its still stuck. Any suggestions?

-- greg smotherman (smotgnd@verizon.net), August 12, 2001

Answers

Is your shutter speed dial in between speeds? If so, that could cause the mirror to stay up. The mirror is held up by a solinoid so I would guess that if you removed the battery, the mirror would go down.

-- Steve Rasmussen (srasmuss@flash.net), August 12, 2001.

Greg,

To the left side of the mirror box, looking at the camera from the lens mount side, and judst below the black metal top is a emergency mirror release. Push this button then deporess the shutter button and you should be back in business.

-- Arden Sampsel (marmutz@earthlink.net), August 13, 2001.

Greg is right on. Use a tootpick (or other small pointed object) and depress the little button. Beware that if you leave the mirror locked up you will drain the (not-so-cheap) battery.

-- Jim Vincent (jwv@clear.lakes.com), September 01, 2001.

Oops, sorry. That attribution was to Arden. Greg was the one asking the question. JV.

-- Jim Vincent (jwv@clear.lakes.com), September 01, 2001.