Pentax 67 ... ?

Art Reitsch writes:

I bought a Pentax 67 with 105mm lens on eBay. No camera manual. I
loaded film into it, rolled the film forward and pressed the shutter
release: Whap. The camera then froze: no more film advance or
shutter release. Looking into the camera without the lens, it appears
the mirror lock up function locked the mirror up.

It could be you just ran out of battery! If it runs out of battery,
the mirror might not come down and the shutter won't fire.

Two questions. How
did that happen? And, more importantly, how do I unlock it so the
camera works?

With a fresh battery, try pushing the small "mirror release" button near
to the mirror lock-up switch with a pencil. Or try firing the shutter
again.

I'm ordering a manual for the camera but it would be
nice to work with it a bit before the manual arrives.

The Pentax USA site has the manual available for download, though it's
a pretty bad scan and some of the images are all black.

I bought a Pentax 67 with 105mm lens on eBay. No camera manual. I
loaded film into it, rolled the film forward and pressed the shutter
release: Whap. The camera then froze: no more film advance or shutter
release. Looking into the camera without the lens, it appears the
mirror lock up function locked the mirror up. Two questions. How did
that happen? And, more importantly, how do I unlock it so the camera
works? I'm ordering a manual for the camera but it would be nice to
work with it a bit before the manual arrives.
Thanks for any help.
Art

On Jun 21, 4:01 pm, Art Reitsch wrote:
I bought a Pentax 67 with 105mm lens on eBay. No camera manual. I
loaded film into it, rolled the film forward and pressed the shutter
release: Whap. The camera then froze: no more film advance or shutter
release. Looking into the camera without the lens, it appears the
mirror lock up function locked the mirror up. Two questions. How did
that happen? And, more importantly, how do I unlock it so the camera
works? I'm ordering a manual for the camera but it would be nice to
work with it a bit before the manual arrives.
Thanks for any help.
Art

Dead battery, as others have mentioned.

If you ever want to fire the shutter with no film in the
camera, the easiest way is to open the back, advance
the frame counter to a non-zero value with the little
knurled knob that sticks out the top, hold it there,
and close the back.

Pentax 67 is a wonderful system. Enjoy.

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