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I had a similar problem with an FE when it turned out to be a cracked FRE. You can't really be sure until youv'e taken the top off and the camera and had a...
Dear All, I recently acquired a Nikon EM and found that the spring that drive the metering tab back to the home position is not working. The tab and the ring ...
I have taken the top off but I can not see anything. Which points should I look for this problem? Safa ... From: a s To: NikonRepair@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Underneath the rewind knob and film speed selector there is a metal plate with 3 screws. This has a circle of glass with printed circuit on it. This glass is...
I have been looking for a replacement shutter release collar (the black ring which screws the combined shutter release/film winding mechanism to the top of the...
Greeting to all on this board. I have a N50 Nikon camera that refuses to load the film.it seems to click as it loads This had started around 2 months ago. ...
I've got an MD-2 Motor Drive for the Nikon F2 that I'd like to fire remotely. I'd like to do this from the three-pin socket on the front, but don't really look...
I have a pristine condition 35mm 1.4 AIS lens that has developed a problem. The whole front barrel (i.e. past the thin silver metal grip ring as I call it)has...
The logic of this post is similar to that expressed in 1924 when one commentator pointed out that President Wilson's funeral had been horse-drawn and that,...
I really don't want to get into a VS debate again, & I really wish that we film users, digital body users & 'both' system users would stop incessantly pinging...
Well, to continue your analogy, horses are still ridden today for sport and pleasure, and the cost of horse care and ownership is out the reach of most people,...
Greetings, I recently bought a Nikkor 55 mm F3.5 Micro for very minimal money - even if I just use the lens caps I'm OK on the deal. At some point in its life...
Tim, If you'll excuse the shamless plug, I'd be happy to do the AI modification correctly and in the process clean out the back end of the lens to see what the...
A year ago I was an out and out film user who didn't want to know digital cameras.I became converted and have just bought a Nikon D70.It is amazing,especially...
Hi Film is not dead but seriously wounded! Keep in mind that the vast majority of amateur photographers use their complicated machines only on specific...
Well, considering that blockbuster movies open on something like 8000 screens nationwide, with a projector running at 24 FPS for 2 hours, thats a lot of Film,...
Film is not dead its just becoming specialized. I work for Europe's largest
independent camera store and we have a number of professional photographers
who...
Dear David Please send me your 6 month old digital, current scrap price is about $1.50 a kilo. I will of course pay postage -:) Regards Richard Windsor ... ...
Dear Nikon repair group I have a faulty FE, the rewinder pin has fallen through into the camera chamber, whilst I was trying to re-attach the rewind crank and...
Don't know about scrap value but david slater has a point.... at my local branch of a national camera retail chain i have seen minolta dimage 7i cameras fall...
Don't know about scrap value but david slater has a point.... at my local branch of a national camera retail chain i have seen minolta dimage 7i and nikon...
John If the new value of such cameras as the Minolta 7i has dropped by half then
the second hand value has all but disapeared. Try asking any retailer how
much...
The easiest way i've found to sort this out is to peel back the leatherette next to where the door latch is and undo the two screws that hold in the door latch...
Hello, I cannot really see how this message, or the thread that it has resulted in, deals with the scope of this list. So lets get back to repairing! Best...
