<p>Hello,<br />I'm having issues with my mirror in my K1000 that I'm using for a class, so hopefully someone can help.<br>
<br />Basically, the mirror seems to be sticking whenever I try to shoot under 1/15th of a second, but anything above 1/15th of a second it does not stick. I've opened it up to observe what happens, and it seems that the little lever on the right inside of the camera that opens and closes the aperture gets stuck in the up position whenever I shoot under 1/15th of a second as well. If I pull that little level down it moves the mirror down with it, but once I let go the mirror pops back up. The only way I can get the mirror and that lever to go back down is if I change the shutter speed to 1/15th or above, and sometimes, very rarely (I've tested like 10 times with each shutter speed), it gets stuck in shutter speeds above 1/15th. When it gets stuck in speeds above 1/15th, though, it normally only takes one more wind and click for the mirror to go back down. <br /><br />So yeah, is this something that I can fix myself, or what would be recommended? My partner has a cell-phone/computer repair kit with very small tools for almost any type of technical job, so I definitely have the tools for it if it's something I can fix. Kind of short on money, so if it's something I can do, that'd be great.</p>
