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The Samsung NX Mini is a mirrorless digital camera released in March 2014.

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Zoom lens won't unlock

I have never drop this camera or taken off the lens after first putting it on. It's been about 9 months since I had this camera. The zoom lens won't unlock after rotating it like I normally would. This has been going on for 2 months. What can I do to fix it so the lens will unlock and I can use the camera again?

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I had this problem too. I took out the 3 outer screws on the back of the lens, one seemed loose, peeked in and decided there was no way I was going to fix this thing. Screwed it back on and the camera worked again. I suspect the screws were loose. Give that a try and see if it works.

I know I was about to throw my NX-mini out when I took the chance of unscrewing it. I wouldn't try to remove the back. Just try tightening the outer screws.

Update (10/27/2017)

Update: It stopped working again.

I had a technician at work take a look at it and he found that a ribbon cable in the lens sheared. He removed the cable and it works, kind of, in manual mode. I will be sending the lens to International Camera in Chicago to have it repaired.

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Thanks Man. You really helped me.

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omg thank you so much this helped

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Its a really answer, thanks a lot brother

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Thank you! Great!

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My case is "kinda". I have to dismantle the lens, tighten the inner ("second layer") screws, re-set the main cable (which seemed to be totally fine), and it works again. But tighten the outer three screws did not work.

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It works for me too. Just tighten the 3 outer screws, then on off once.

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You legend! Thank you!!! It worked. Might I add that I had to remove the three outer screws and put them back in before I was able to successfully fix it. So thank you for sharing your answer.

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Well you should go to near camera repair or hardware repair shop and give to some one who have the proper knowledge of how to fix this type camera.

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