A friend of mine has a well-loved and heavily used Nikon D5100 DSLR. It still takes the photos she’s so passionate about, but barely. The most prominent issue is that the mirror no longer moves, so the viewfinder is useless. Also the lens needs to be removed and some internal gubbins prodded before each use.
She’s been wanting to get it repaired or replaced for months, but she’s young, overworked and underpaid. I told her I’d try bringing it to a Restart repair party in mid October, to get it looked at, but before that I’m wondering if this lovely community has any advice, or if anyone has experience repairing a DSLR and might be able to guide me? Perhaps one of the @electrotechs?
I tried Frankensteining a printer back to life a few months ago, but otherwise have zero experience with electronics.