Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!wateng!jmleask From: jmleask@wateng.UUCP (Jim Leask) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Nikon FG repairing Message-ID: <2099@wateng.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 10:27:06 EST Article-I.D.: wateng.2099 Posted: Tue Mar 5 10:27:06 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 02:50:11 EST References: <434@cornell.UUCP> <369@wjvax.UUCP> Reply-To: jmleask@wateng.UUCP (Jim Leask) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 32 Summary: In article <369@wjvax.UUCP> ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) writes: >>Re: Shutter becomes stuck, mirror locks up, battery dies >>a horrible death on a Nikon FG. > >I have a Nikon FE and exactly the same thing happens to me >every once in a long while. After the first time, I learned >to shove it over to M90 to unjam it..... I have a Nikon FE and have not had the mirror stick with normal use, however I did something else that got it stuck. I was using the timer and after I set it I realized that I really didn't want to take a timed picture. Since you can't just release the leaver (or if you can would someone please tell me how) I released the shutter then pushed in the rewind lever which locks the shutter and turned off the camera. I thought that the timer would expire but since the shutter was locked then it simply would not take the picture. WRONG!! The mirror flipped up, the shutter did not release but it thought it had. I couldn't rewind and it wouldn't shoot. Putting it in M90 released the shutter (wasting the shot) and everything was fine again. As a side note, I really like the Nikon FE. It is aperture priority, but has all of the features a good manual camera needs (both speed and aperture in viewfinder, depth of field, ....) On of the things I like most is the LACK of dials and lights that most other cameras seem to have. It is also one of the few cameras that I have found that can be completely operated with winter gloves on. I am interested in the new Nikon FE2. It seems to have all of the good features of the FE with a faster shutter 1/4000 and TTL flash metering. I would be interested in hearing the good and bad about this camera from anyone who owns one. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Leask watmath!wateng!jmleask