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Jacob
| | Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 05:36 am: | 
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Hello, this morning I received a Nikon FE camera. I was delighted but as me and my dad were trying to load a film (both of us being inexperienced with cameras) something happened and now when i look trough the viewfinder i can see nothing at all. My dad said that he remembers the shutter release button being pressed while the back was open. The camera will not "take" any pictures and i cannot wind it on. One of my friends suggested this may be stuck shutters but I don't know. Any help diagnosing or fixing the problem will be gratefully received. Cheers,
Jacob
ps. we were following instructions from a manual and were not forcing anything. |
Jon Goodman
| | Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 10:27 am: |
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Hi, Jacob.
The shutter fired, but only halfway. It is kind of difficult to know what happened here from a distance. Does the camera have a good battery?
Jon |
Jan Dvorak
| | Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 01:36 pm: |
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Jacob,
Jon's above suggestion is a first step you should take. Make sure that the batteries are good; the FE has an electronic shutter and it will only work with a batteries.
The FE's shutter dial also has an 'M90' setting, at which the shutter will fire even without a battery. You might have to install new batteries though, to 'start the camera up' again - that is if the problem indeed lies with the batteries.
Good luck and Merry Christmas,
Jan |
jacob
| | Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 02:12 pm: |
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hello, batteries were new in but could be faulty i suppose...i could try taking the batteries out and putting them in again? also i will try putting it on m90 setting and let you know how it goes. thanks for your help,
jacob |
jacob
| | Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 02:21 pm: |
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unfortunately just taking the batteries out didn't work, and i have no spares.it seems as thoughg maybe something has jammed, i think i'll just take it down to my local camera shop and get them to check it out. any more suggestions are welcome though. thanks
jaocb |
Stuart Willis
| | Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 07:13 pm: |
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Jacob - Are you there? Hello Hello?
You are not listening, Jacob !
If you do not have spare batteries - then buy some. 2 x SR44 Silver Oxide cells. Clean the battery compartment contacts with a cotton-bud lightly moistened with meths. Don't forget the inside surface and edges of the battery-compartment cap and the metal upper edge of the compartment recess.
Insert he batteries correctly ( 2 x stacked as with Positive downward into the camera base). Set shutter speed to an arbitrary
1/30th sec., - and hopefully you will be back in business.
BTW - it is not Christmas Day in Australia.
It's Boxing Day. So I am not inebriated and my info to you is rock solid. |
Jack
| | Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 09:02 pm: |
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New batteries aren't needed. If the shutter has jammed due to lack of battery power, rotating the shutter wheel to M90 will release it. It's also possible the mirror is sticking in the "up" position because the mirror damping foam has turned to goo. That's a common problem in older Nikons, one that sellers almost never warn you about. I would suspect that at this age, there are no remaining FEs that do not need new damping foam and light seals.
Good luck!
Jack |
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