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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board D300 Mirror Issue??? Vasiliy Baziuk, Photographer Rochester | NY | USA | Posted: 12:21 AM on 10.11.09 ->> for some reason the mirror on my D300 is getting stuck in the up position. the shutter works fine and the exposures are not affected at all by this. when it gets stuck i just click the shutter few times and the mirror comes down. i got the D300 brand new in February 2008 and this just began happening now... (the camera does not get used heavily in my opinion.... i baby it and take good care of it.) at first i thought it might have something do with shooting with apertures smaller than f/2.8 but it also does that while shooting at f/2.8. the mirror also seems to get stuck more often while shooting outdoors vs. indoors. what can this be? is it time to kick it to the curb and upgrade? how much might the repair be?  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Heston Quan, Photographer Orange County | CA | | Posted: 3:05 AM on 10.11.09 ->> I had this happen twice. They replaced the mirror mechanism. First time was around 100K actuations and recently again at 170K actuations. The first repair was under warranty and the second, almost a year to the date, cost me $220. If it happens a third time... hopefully a D400 will be available.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Tyson Trish, Photographer Blairstown | NJ | | Posted: 9:56 AM on 10.11.09 ->> This has happened to me as well, the first time I sent it in it came back and worked for a few days then it happened again. I swear I can tell when it is coming by the sound of the mirror and have noticed a similar noise coming from my new d700. I actually had the mirror stuck on my 300 for most of an assignment and figured out as a long as you shoot on manual exposure it still will take pictures but you can't see through the viewfinder, which makes life interesting. One word of advice, if your mirror starts to lock up send the camera in right away, it only gets worse.  This post is:  Informative (1) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Vasiliy Baziuk, Photographer Rochester | NY | USA | Posted: 9:28 PM on 10.13.09 ->> thanx guys!  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Add your comments... If you'd like to add your comments to this thread, use this form. You need to be an active (paying) member of SportsShooter.com in order to post messages to the system. NOTE: If you would like to report a problem you've found within the SportsShooter.com website, please let us know via the 'Contact Us' form, which alerts us immediately. It is not guaranteed that a member of the staff will see your message board post. Thread Title: D300 Mirror Issue??? Thread Started By: Vasiliy Baziuk Message: Member Login: Password: Return to --> Message Board Main Index

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