A couple weeks ago I purchased a Nikon F3. The overall condition is very good, but the memory lock button was lost. I found a 3D-model here, asked a friend to print it with ASA and it seemed to be alright so I installed it. It clicked in altough it seemed a bit crooked... but ok for now.
On the first test run I noticed the suggested exposure display did not change properly: no matter what shutter speed I dialed in / no matter how far I opened that lens there was a minus on the screen. I assumed this must be an issue caused by the new button as the camera worked just fine before.
That's when I tried to pull out the button until the head fell off. The shaft remained stuck. I already tried a couple of things to remove the remaining part of the button. E.g. used tweezers to grab it, disassembled the mechanical shutter lever and tried it again. I had no success as it is firmly stuck and barely any material to grab.
I have to say, the exposure works again on the small lcd display (I get the minus / plus / both again) since demolishing the fake button. So the easiest would be to just leave that damn thing were it is. But I'm not happy with that solution.
I'm no fine mechanic, so I'm not gonna tear that lovely camera apart without help.
Does anyone know how to get that shaft ouf of the memory-lock-button-hole? I guess I have to remove the front cover... but that's the only cover I haven't found a video removing it.
Thanks in advance - any help is appreciated!
On the first test run I noticed the suggested exposure display did not change properly: no matter what shutter speed I dialed in / no matter how far I opened that lens there was a minus on the screen. I assumed this must be an issue caused by the new button as the camera worked just fine before.
That's when I tried to pull out the button until the head fell off. The shaft remained stuck. I already tried a couple of things to remove the remaining part of the button. E.g. used tweezers to grab it, disassembled the mechanical shutter lever and tried it again. I had no success as it is firmly stuck and barely any material to grab.
I have to say, the exposure works again on the small lcd display (I get the minus / plus / both again) since demolishing the fake button. So the easiest would be to just leave that damn thing were it is. But I'm not happy with that solution.
I'm no fine mechanic, so I'm not gonna tear that lovely camera apart without help.
Does anyone know how to get that shaft ouf of the memory-lock-button-hole? I guess I have to remove the front cover... but that's the only cover I haven't found a video removing it.
Thanks in advance - any help is appreciated!