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Some Nikon cameras (like my F5) will also log the exposure information for the entire roll in the EEPROM and it can be retrieved using a cable. If you plug the camera into the PC and use Softtalk 2000 you can even see the exposure information of the roll currently in your camera. That's on top...

It really depends on the camera. The Pentax MZ/ZX line in particular is infamous for the mirror gear breaking to the point it affects pretty much all the bodies ever made unless they were either repaired back in the day or were a later production run using a brass gear, and this means that every...

Is it the top LCD or the internal one? Chances are the LCD backlight somewhere failed. It's going to be easier if it's the top one and not the inner LCD. Given it's an EL backlight, you're going to have to take the camera apart and screen apart to replace the EL backlight, along with measuring...

Yeah, it's definitely a heavily used body. It's had around 450+ rolls through it, some surface rust (it came from Japan and that's to be expected with old computers from there too), but still works perfectly aside from the drain issue. I was thinking some component went bad causing parasitic...

Recently I picked up a Nikon F5 SLR for a really good price (serial number 307xxxx). The only issue in the listing is that the battery tray lever mechanism was damaged (the tab was disconnected from the latch) but by wiggling it in I was able to get the battery tray to stay inside the camera...