Can someone help my Nikon FE come back to life? Shutter speed trouble

ic-racer · Jul 8, 2023

Realize the cameras I'm working on are NOT Nikons, so a little off topic to this thread.

Yes, if the boards could be repaired, likewise, the boards already on cameras out there could be repaired too.

I do have an idea on it. Since testing the PC board outside of a camera would require a battery, ten switches and three potentiometers, the idea is to use a camera body as the source of the switches and potentiometers. That is turn a camera body into a test device; take out the board and run jumpers from every wire that went to the PC board to a bus outside the camera body. Then one could test any PC board for that camera by hooking to the bus.
Maybe a project for this winter.

RalphLambrecht · Jul 8, 2023

chat_rose said:
Yes I'm not messing up inside the camera without knowing where I'm going. The fault is occurring both in manual mode (when I select myself the shutter speed) and in mode "auto" (but this time it started at 1/15s which was like 4-5s in real). I did talk about the light meter because it's also part of the electronic board and it seems like it's working correctly. The problem is I don't have an analog camera repair guy in my area and I believe it's going to be too expensive.

I didn't mention that I know how to solder properly (SMD),also I did dozens of electronic devices unit replacements but I'm not familiar with testing a board (I can always learn with good material and advices). So what should I do?

Find a good repairman, and spend the money regardless. You seem to be emotionally attached to this camera and then it's worth it.Expect to pay upwards of 2-300 Euros.

Can someone help my Nikon FE come back to life? Shutter speed trouble

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