Help, there's a chunky thing in my camera.

[thisispants]

There's some strange moving pice of debris in the camera when I look through the camera view finder.

It isn't in the lens..... but it is coming up when I look through the camera to take a shot. is it going to come up on the photos?

Am I right in assuming that there's nothing between the lens and the film..... so it should be ok right?

 

[joelr]

What sort of camera do you have? If its an SLR its possible, though it may just be in or on the prism/mirror. If its a rangefinder, it may be annoying but it won't affect the picture as the viewfinder and the lens don't "see" the same thing.

If it's an SLR, remove the lens and look into the mirror/prism and see if you can see anything. If you don't have any film in the camera with the lens off set the shutter to "B" (for bulb) it will keep the mirror up and the shutter open as long as you hold down the shutter release. If you see the debris here, then you might have a problem. You might also be able to identify what it is.

Joel.

 

[hugopoon]

Could it be that a bit of foam from the mirror box came loose?

 

[Jeff Kubach]

Like Joel said it could be on the mirror/prism. Should be easy to clean.

Jeff