Nikon FG exposure

[Tony-S]

Trying out this camera withe 50mm f/1.8 series E. Two LEDs illuminate and blink at 125 and 60 when I half press the shutter button, but no matter what I do I can’t get any change of positions of these LEDs when I adjust the shutter speed or aperture, or set the camera to A or P. The LEDs stay at 60 and 125. I don’t know anything about Nikon cameras and I read the manual but I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. Any suggestions?

 

[drkhalsa]

Did you set the lens aperture to its smallest setting? For example, f22. The FG will choose the aperture and shutter speed when in P mode, and the shutter speed when in A mode. But the lens aperture must be set on the smallest f stop for the P mode. When the LEDs show 60 and 125, the camera has chosen a shutter speed somewhere in between those two speeds in relation to the chosen aperture.

 

[Tony-S]

Wherever I set the aperture, the LEDs stay on 60 and 125 and blink like it's doing a battery check. Even in manual, adjusting the shutter speed or aperture makes no difference - the LEDs continue to blink on 60 and 125.

 

[Chan Tran]

Advance the film (or even without film) a few frame to get the frame count to 1 or above. Before frame 1 the 60 and 120 LED will blink and the meter doesn't work. In this condition the shutter will fire at the flash sync speed which is 1/90 (that's why the 60 and 120 led blink because the shutter speed chosen is between these 2)