Recent content by zanxion72

As if the budget got too short for buying cameras with lenses (not to mention that these cameras aren't matching the era of the fim, late 1890 - early 1910). : )))

Last weekend, I watched the "IP Man: The Awakening" movie. I am too old to have fun with such movies, but I had to spend some time with the kids and the films they choose. I do not remember much from it, but just one scene. Spot the not...:

It was a matter of CLA. I took it to a local repair shop and it has been diagnosed with a first curtain slowing down before a complete shutter release cycle. That had the effect of an uneven slit closing before crossing the entire frame. I went to the shop to get it back just an hour ago and he...

Nope! :) Am I that bad?

Shouldn't I see an almost fully open shutter at these speeds due to that traveling slit? In front of my monitor I can see some banding, but against a bright sky it seems like a full frame opened, faint and but appears like a full frame. It had a problem with the flash sync at 1/125 where the...

As people said! I can see on all my cameras the shutter opening fully at all speeds and at least up to 1/1000. But on this one 1/500 and 1/1000 for sure have a problem. As suggested I will give it to some expert for CLA.

Thank you shutterfinger! CLA so be it. I love this one because it is a family camera. It might not be the fanciest of best camera ever, but it carries a ton of emotion.

There is a strange problem with my Nikon FM. At 1/500 and much worse at 1/1000 the shutter does not open fully. At 1/500 it opens by 2/3 and at 1/1000 by 1/3. If I work the shutter for a while it starts to open wider until full. Does that call for a simple CLA, or the shutter calls for replacement?

How bad can that be? I always get my films fixed for 10 minutes. Would that be too long, does it degrade the final result?

Quite lucky this time. I am not always that lucky and above all I have some kind of Midas touch. I touch gold and turn it to... :)

:) I always mix terms terribly referring to this as curtains. Funny, that spot was on the mirror side of the shutter and on one of the blades of the upper set. Spotted it out of pure luck after forgetting the camera with the film advanced and raising the mirror by hand to see what could be...

Although I love my more expensive cameras, I enjoy this one quite a bit as due to being cheap, I focus more on taking photos than caring about the external looks of my camera.

I found the culprit! On the shutter blades there was a point of dirt, sticky dirt. That single spot was slowing down the upper curtain in such a way that on every speed above 1/125 there was not enough time for the shutter to open completely. I didn't see that, because you must wind the shutter...

Not big deal, I will try using 1/60. Some friend of mine had the same problem with his FM and he said that the flash is not triggered at the proper moment. He said that he fixed it and he could fix mine too, but I'd prefer having it professionally CLA'ed (or buy another one :) ).

Thank you for the great explanation! I guess that my trusty FM should be on its way to CLA. As soon as I finish the current roll (at least this does not show up on daylight shots) it is off for CLA.