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I love it - a Nikon N75.
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If you can find a MB-18 battery holder on ebay, you might want to pick it up. It allows the camera to run off 4 rechargable AA batteries, instead of the expensive lithium batteries. I wound up getting two n75s that had the MB-18 already attached that is why I have two of them. In fact one even came with a second spare battery insert.
The battery pack would also let one use an n75 with a broken or missing battery door.
The battery pack would also let one use an n75 with a broken or missing battery door.
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Wow. Thanks for that bit of intel. I hadn't even thought to look for one.
Off topic: I have the Fisher 220 stereo receiver my dad had when I was a teen and a mint-shape Yamaha CR-1020 stereo receiver I bought years ago and have never used. Vintage audio equipment is a lot like old vintage cameras.
Hi, I was wondering if anyone here is still shooting with this camera and can help troubleshoot?
I have multiple Nikon cameras, including an F100 and some Z cameras. I also have multiple film cameras including a Leica, so I am relativley proficient in most cameras.
My daughter recently bought an N75 as an upgrade from a point and shoot that she has been using for several years. It came with a 28mm Nikon lens (I think a D one). She is having trouble getting it to focus in low light. She's a college student, so primarily using it out parties, restaurants, etc. She knows how to shoot in manual mode if she thinks hard but I thought the N75 would be good for her since she can put it in auto and pop up the flash and use it as a "better" point and shoot than her Minolta Weathermatic.
I have a D700 and I can put up the popup flash, put the camera in auto and take a photo in a dark room no problem. I had assumed that the N75 would behave similarly, although since the camera is older I realize the AF might be slightly worse. But she can't get it to take a photo at all unless she is in a well lit area.
Is there some custom setting she should check for on her camera? She lives out of town at school so I am having a hard time helping her from a distance. I've looked through the manual online but not having the camera in front of me it's hard to suggest anything.
I really thought this would be an easy segue into a nicer camera for her, but it's proving to be very frustrating and she is considering returning the camera.
I will add she bought it from a reputable camera repair shop (Pro Camera in Charlottesville, VA) where it had been CLAed. The camera guy will take it back if she truly can't get it to work but I really feel like there must be some simple setting we are overlooking.
I have multiple Nikon cameras, including an F100 and some Z cameras. I also have multiple film cameras including a Leica, so I am relativley proficient in most cameras.
My daughter recently bought an N75 as an upgrade from a point and shoot that she has been using for several years. It came with a 28mm Nikon lens (I think a D one). She is having trouble getting it to focus in low light. She's a college student, so primarily using it out parties, restaurants, etc. She knows how to shoot in manual mode if she thinks hard but I thought the N75 would be good for her since she can put it in auto and pop up the flash and use it as a "better" point and shoot than her Minolta Weathermatic.
I have a D700 and I can put up the popup flash, put the camera in auto and take a photo in a dark room no problem. I had assumed that the N75 would behave similarly, although since the camera is older I realize the AF might be slightly worse. But she can't get it to take a photo at all unless she is in a well lit area.
Is there some custom setting she should check for on her camera? She lives out of town at school so I am having a hard time helping her from a distance. I've looked through the manual online but not having the camera in front of me it's hard to suggest anything.
I really thought this would be an easy segue into a nicer camera for her, but it's proving to be very frustrating and she is considering returning the camera.
I will add she bought it from a reputable camera repair shop (Pro Camera in Charlottesville, VA) where it had been CLAed. The camera guy will take it back if she truly can't get it to work but I really feel like there must be some simple setting we are overlooking.
The camera uses an infrared beam in the lowest light. Make sure it working and is not blocked.
Some cameras I have also have that feature , along with the option of disabling it .
It might be one of the CF settings has been set to "auto illumination" "OFF"
Or some such setting.
Thank you everyone. I do wonder if something is wrong with the AF Assist light. But I will also read through the custom settings options in the manual to see if there is something there that is set incorrectly.
I believe the lens she has is the 28mm f/2.8D lens, which should work well enough with the AF Assist to get the camera to take some kind of photo. She says a lot of the time she cannot get the focus confirmation sound to beep, so either the AF Assist is faulty or a setting is off somewhere. She also said that even if she manually opens the flash that it doesn't always go off, which I think it should, but I don't know definitively.
You've given me a couple of things to look into, so I appreciate it.
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