Camera Question

[Bert Kemp]

First of all I know nothing about DSLR's but have a love for photography. Always had Digital point and shoots, but their limited in what they can do. Anyway long story short a Friend of mine gave me one of his old cameras a Canon 60D the day he gave it to me he took off on a vacation to return who knows when LOL so I can get help from him. I was looking thru the view finder and too a couple pic's and then the finder went dark.Went online did all they said still no view finder . I decided to take the lens off and found the mirror had fallen off.
My question is can I just glue the mirror back on. l looked at sending it in but its very expensive. My other alternative is just take the mirror out and use the LCD screen but I'd really rather use the view finder.
So what do you think can I glue the mirror back in?

[Jim Koepke]

This is one of the situations where it is difficult to give a valid reply without having had the same problem or being able to see an image of the construction of the assembly.

It may be the mirror holder is a friction fit, a spring holder or it may have been glue that failed.

Is there a way you can post an image?

jtk

[Mike Henderson]

I looked up the selling price of a used Canon 60D on eBay and it's under $200. So I'd try to glue the mirror back on - you won't lose too much if you destroy the camera. I'd try super glue if that's the way the mirror is attached.

Mike

[Bert Kemp]

I'll use a different lens tomorrow. Also I used my finger and raised and lowered the mirror several times after I took the video and the lens was off then I toook a picture and it looked ok. Maybe like you said it was sticking a little will take more pics tomorrow see what happens. Just to hot to mess withj it anymore today still 101 at 830 pm hope its a little cooler in the morning

[Bert Kemp]

this is what it looks like I can tell you its just the mirror came out the holder is still in there d60.jpg

[Bill Dufour]

Contact cannon they had free warranty repair on some of there SLR's mirrors. They reglue it and add support clips on both sides as well. Do not add too much weight since it has to move fast. Your camera may be too old and no longer has the recall parts made.
Bill D

[Bert Kemp]

Contact cannon they had free warranty repair on some of there SLR's mirrors. They reglue it and add support clips on both sides as well. Do not add too much weight since it has to move fast. Your camera may be too old and no longer has the recall parts made.
Bill D

yea the recall was not for this camera

[Bert Kemp]

put on a different lens the shadow happens for a couple pictures then goes away, put the other lens back on and no shadow. I'm thinking the lens is sticking but after a couple shots it loosens up. Guess I'll just have to see how it goes. I don'r take a lot of pictures so might be a while to see if this camera will work ok or not.

[Kev Williams]

So-
mirror falls off
glue mirror on
pictures get fuzzy
something must be wrong with the glued on mirror
check it out for days
finally figure it's not the mirror but the lens...

Yet another entry to my list of:
"things that I've fixed that immediately caused something else to go wrong with the thing leading to endless troubleshooting only to find the second thing that went wrong with the thing had absolutely nothing to do with the first thing that went wrong that I fixed."

[David Bassett]

put on a different lens the shadow happens for a couple pictures then goes away, put the other lens back on and no shadow. I'm thinking the lens is sticking but after a couple shots it loosens up. Guess I'll just have to see how it goes. I don'r take a lot of pictures so might be a while to see if this camera will work ok or not.

I can't think of anything in a lens that would cause a stripe across the bottom of a photo. (In general, the lens is symmetrical around it's axis. So dark corners and maybe edges of the wider part, etc.)

One thought, though I don't remember the optical geometry, is that different focal length lenses use different amounts of the mirror. It may be the mirror clears the light rays for one lens, but lags and interferes with the projected image of another.

[Bert Kemp]

I'm gonna go ahead and try to glue it in. I don't have any super gluer but I do have some Gorilla Clear grip which works really well on the things I've used it on.Wish me luck, LOL

[Bert Kemp]

well I glued it in a hour or more ago just took a few test pictures, so far so good, its holding

[Bert Kemp]

OK just took 4 shots 1st big shadow nd smaller rd and 4th no shadow IMG_7394 (Copy).jpgIMG_7395 (Copy).jpgIMG_7396 (Copy).jpgIMG_7397 (Copy) (Copy).jpg

[Jim Koepke]

I can't think of anything in a lens that would cause a stripe across the bottom of a photo.

One detail often forgotten in photography is the image is usually turned upside down by the optics. In this case the bottom of the image is actually at the top of the surface collecting the light. This could mean for some reason the mirror isn't getting out of the light path in time.

jtk

[mike stenson]

One detail often forgotten in photography is the image is usually turned upside down by the optics. In this case the bottom of the image is actually at the top of the surface collecting the light. This could mean for some reason the mirror isn't getting out of the light path in time.

jtk

It's more commonly shutter lag. Bert, what are the shutter speeds in the pictures above?