I bought this item on etsy and the description mentioned that everything works. But I'm not sure about the capacitor. And I'm not too familiar with film cameras so I don't know enough to use a soldering iron.
I agree that eBay and other seller sites can be risky but this seller had 300 five star reviews on etsy. Hopefully he will take my return if I can't find a solution to this issue.
>mcfitz
>Alan yes I'm assuming perhaps something went wrong during the shipping process or maybe because I am not familiar with this camera at all I'm unable to figure out something that could be a very simple issue. I will look into the X700 and from all the Nikon F series you mentioned which one would you say is the easiest for the beginner like me to use? In any case thanks for your help!
Wow! You didn't read the thread! The op bought it from etsy.Wow! You bought the camera from Ebay and immediately loaded the camera with film without testing the camera first?
Wow! You didn't read the thread! The op bought it from etsy.
Tiff, get a mechanical camera with a meter. The X700 has the same capacitor as you have now. OM1, FM, SRT101, etc. all are mechanical, if the meter dies you can use a handheld meter. Do some research on the camera before you buy it. Be certain to get the instructions, either paper or pdf and read them. Youtube tutorials are a crapshoot, often just crap.
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask here.
I know what etsy is, and I would check all functions too, seven ways from breakfast. However, as indicated, the op is brand new at this and trying to get off the toe of the learning curve. A camera is a complex device; quite a lot of sellers think that if it goes "click" it works. Significantly, the op's camera arrived sans battery.Etsy is similar to Ebay basically a place the sell used stuff. If I buy a used camera I would check every functions before I put film in it.
It's hard to see on my phone, but it looks like the manual calls for you to go over the take up spool. Your photo looks like you're going under the spool.
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