karlivanremonde

Oh and that, whenever I press the shutter button and the mirror gets stuck... I see partial to total darkness in the viewfinder

Really, wait here’s a picture of what the inside looks like... Idk if it’s bent or what but take a look, I think I’m getting what you’re saying

I have tried two lenses already actually, but still the same result happened

Good day everyone! So I just bought a Nikon slr, an FM10 to be exact. He was selling it for me in a cheap price (30$ + the shipping) so I didn’t hesitate on getting it right away. He said it was in a good condition and I offered the price actually since he’s not using the camera at all and he said he doesn’t know how to use a film camera thus the selling of it. I got it yesterday and I was amazed by how clean is it and how good looking it was. All is well until I encountered a problem... the mirror gets stuck with the lens on. (I think it gets stuck halfway through) when I press the shutter button, I had to remove the lens for the mirror to get down again. I do not know why was the mirror acting like that, I was even using the kit lens which was the 35-70mm one. The shutter works perfectly fine if it has no lens attached to it... I don’t see the lens being the problem since that’s the kit lens itself, I tried our Nikkor 50mm 1.8d and the problem still persisted. I tested it with and without batteries to see if it’s the problem but no, it’s still there... the batteries for the camera were even a fresh one from the shop that the seller gave to me (it was sealed when I got it) By the way I wasn’t buying a film for this one yet so could it be the problem? Is it a mechanism of the camera or what? I came up with three assumptions; -Mirror problem due to being not used at all -Mirror gets stuck due to no film -Weak battery (but this one’s pretty impossible since the seller gave a fresh ones for me to use) I hope you can help me guys, I really want to shoot so bad and I’m excited at the same time because this is my first analog camera as a student...