Trick to put mirror down in P67II

[marcelo_p._lima]

Does anybody know of a good trick to bring down the mirror of the P67II after it's locked up (without exposing the frame, of course)? Sometimes I lock it up, ready to shoot, and something happens (like the sun goes behind the clouds, or the scene changes) and I'm forced to shoot because even if I shut off the camera the mirror comes down but exposes the frame anyway.

[steve_rasmussen]

Marcelo: I can't do it with my Asahi and I doubt that you can with the

67II. Pentax's 35mm KX camera has mirror up and down, which is really

nice. It is mechanical, which is what the 67 should have had. SR

[mark_lutz]

Marcello,

 

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Try putting on the lens cap, fire the shutter.

Next, slide the double exposure switch as you advance the film.

Mark

[steve_rasmussen]

Mark got me thinking about this problem and can relate it to my 6x7

Asahi. I had accidentally released the film spool locking lever once

on my camera and it would double expose. So, this fact can be used to

save one frame of film once your mirror is up. So, if the mirror is up

and you don't want to shoot it, put the lens cap on, fire shutter,

disconnect the right hand film spool lever, advance the winder lever,

reconnect the spool. I have double exposed by accident and am not

totally sure this will work for the mirror up film waste problem. The

spool may be difficult to reconnect. I will try it the next time the

situation arises. SR

[marcelo_p._lima]

Yeah Mark, thanks for the tip. I hadn't thought of that. I've already

used your trick!