Nikon FG battery/electronics issue

mjbovee · Nov 21, 2020

Hello all,
I recently acquired a Nikon FG at an estate sale. I loaded it with two 1.5 v batteries last week and had no issues with metering or mirror hang up. I went to shoot some photos with it yesterday, but found the aforementioned functionality no longer worked. I figured this was a result of accidentally draining the battery, so I loaded it up some fresh batteries. Unfortunately, this seemed to have no effect. I'm assuming a circuit may be borked or something like that, but am pretty unsure at this point. Has anyone else experienced this or similar issues?

drkhalsa · Nov 21, 2020

Check your shutter speed dial. If it's set on M90 the meter turns off. M90 is a manual only speed. The dial is large enough that it can accidentally be moved unless it's set to A or P, that is Aperture priority or Progam, where it locks in place.

shutterfinger · Nov 21, 2020

Clean the battery contacts in the camera with Isopropyl Alcohol, an electronic contact cleaner or ink eraser.

mjbovee · Nov 22, 2020

Sadly, it doesn't seem that cleaning the battery contacts made any sort of difference. What I find so odd is that one day everything was working as it should and the next day it wasn't, seemingly out of the blue

shutterfinger · Nov 22, 2020

Take the bottom plate off and inspect the wires to the battery box. Take pictures of it and post them here if unsure.

miha · Nov 22, 2020

mjbovee said:
Has anyone else experienced this or similar issues?

Yes, unfortunately my FG undergone the same issues 20 years ago already.

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