My Nikon F3: should I be worried about this?

Nope, looks fine! The shutter in the F3 is tough.

 

Watch to make sure that no more show up, which could indicate something stuck in there (not likely).

It looks to me like maybe someone dragged a fingernail across it, possibly to feel the embossing.

 

I think pretty much all of us have scratched our shutter at least once. Just don't put your finger through it.

I didn't say welcome to APUG earlier, so... welcome! Try slide film.

 

Rewinding didn't cause it.

 

That matte paint on the curtain shows marks pretty easily. Mine looks more or less like that, and I bought the camera new, i know nothing has ever touched the shutter with any force. I suspect that just a film leader dragging across in loading or unloading could cause it. Nothing to worry about. The shutter is titanium foil, as long as nothing has contacted hard enough to distort it, there is no problem.

 

No you shouldn't be worried, the Nikon FF2 And F3's shutter curtains are made of dimpled Titainium foil that's how it should be.

 

I think not.

 

The F3 is a beautiful machine, enjoy it. And welcome!

s-a

 

If you don't want the camera, I'll take it!

Jeff

 

I once held an F3 which had a shutter curtain that was completely bare Ti except for the low spots. The lens mount had also partly fallen off. Did the shutter fire? yes it did. F3s don't die easy.

 

I had a F3 with a curtain that looks worse than that and it was fine.

 

Only the uninformed need to worry about what the O.P mentions, read this http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonf2/htmls/index2.htm