Nikon N80/F80 meter off by 2 stops

[Helge]

Your problem is using the wrong repair people. That is an easy fix.

Even the best repair people have disasters under their belt.
If not, they are not the best.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Even the best repair people have disasters under their belt.
If not, they are not the best.

The repair men I have used, refer me to others if they do not think that they can fix something. Much like a good medical doctor being honest enough to say that they do not know rather than spout bs.

 

[Huss]

Your problem is using the wrong repair people. That is an easy fix.

Ahahahahaha! Repair... easy fix...hahahaha!

 

[Huss]

The repair men I have used, refer me to others if they do not think that they can fix something. Much like a good medical doctor being honest enough to say that they do not know rather than spout bs.

Tell Larry to stop sending me his basket cases.

 

[Helge]

The repair men I have used, refer me to others if they do not think that they can fix something. Much like a good medical doctor being honest enough to say that they do not know rather than spout bs.

“Tune up” procedures are done every day by very good doctors, with all the best intentions, where the patients end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with it and done rehabilitation or learned to live with it.
From fatal stuff, through knees and feet to cosmetic procedures.

Things are not as clear cut, positivistic and binary as you want it to sound.

A CLA is a risk. And sometimes that Rolleiflex or N80 comes back overall worse, and/or ends up breaking in a few years or months anyway.
Sometimes a repair and CLA is worth a try. Other times it clearly is not.

Never throw out a camera of any worth though. If you can’t keep it yourself for parts, make sure it ends up in someone’s hands, who is capable of reusing the parts for repairs or bringing the camera back to life.
These things are never ever coming back in that form.

 

[Chan Tran]

“Tune up” procedures are done every day by very good doctors, with all the best intentions, where the patients end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with it and done rehabilitation or learned to live with it.
From fatal stuff, through knees and feet to cosmetic procedures.

Things are not as clear cut, positivistic and binary as you want it to sound.

A CLA is a risk. And sometimes that Rolleiflex or N80 comes back overall worse, and/or ends up breaking in a few years or months anyway.
Sometimes a repair and CLA is worth a try. Other times it clearly is not.

Never throw out a camera of any worth though. If you can’t keep it yourself for parts, make sure it ends up in someone’s hands, who is capable of reusing the parts for repairs or bringing the camera back to life.
These things are never ever coming back in that form.

I my opinon a good CLA must cost a lot of money. At least $500 or more. And even charging $500 a repair man can't take more than 5 hours to do if he were to make a living doing it.

 

[Sirius Glass]

“Tune up” procedures are done every day by very good doctors, with all the best intentions, where the patients end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with it and done rehabilitation or learned to live with it.
From fatal stuff, through knees and feet to cosmetic procedures.

Things are not as clear cut, positivistic and binary as you want it to sound.

A CLA is a risk. And sometimes that Rolleiflex or N80 comes back overall worse, and/or ends up breaking in a few years or months anyway.
Sometimes a repair and CLA is worth a try. Other times it clearly is not.

Never throw out a camera of any worth though. If you can’t keep it yourself for parts, make sure it ends up in someone’s hands, who is capable of reusing the parts for repairs or bringing the camera back to life.
These things are never ever coming back in that form.

Again you must not be using good repair people. Mine know their limitations and have never failed me, but then I only have sixty plus years experience with them. You must be so much older.

 

[Helge]

Again you must not be using good repair people. Mine know their limitations and have never failed me, but then I only have sixty plus years experience with them. You must be so much older.

There is huge difference between cameras.
A Hasselblad like you shoot, Leicas and classic Nikon F and F2 you’ll always be able to find capeable people to repair.
And parts are abundant, or manufacturable.
An F/N80 is a crapshoot.

 

[Sirius Glass]

There is huge difference between cameras.
A Hasselblad like you shoot, Leicas and classic Nikon F and F2 you’ll always be able to find capeable people to repair.
And parts are abundant, or manufacturable.
An F/N80 is a crapshoot.

Silly me, I thought that that the F80 and N80 were made by Nikon.

 

[Helge]

Silly me, I thought that that the F80 and N80 were made by Nikon.

Just like the F100, that no nobody seems to be able to get repaired.

 

[CMoore]

Never throw out a camera of any worth though. If you can’t keep it yourself for parts, make sure it ends up in someone’s hands, who is capable of reusing the parts for repairs or bringing the camera back to life.
These things are never ever coming back in that form.

This is..... IMHO..... an excellent suggestion.
I have given, for cost of shipping, two different 35mm SLR to a camera "repair guy".
They were not worthy much for anything but a parts camera.
It sort of made me feel good that my donation, to a tech, might save SEVERAL Different cameras, for several different people.
Not to mention, saving more "stuff" from a land-fill.

Keep Fighting The Good Fight

 

[gone]

I'd buy another one. They're cheap as chips, and a repair may (will) cost many times what the resale value is. If you go that route, get ready for a huge monetary hit if you sell it. You could recoup a tiny bit of money selling your current one, but it would be better to just keep it.

This is my protocol for all electronic cameras. Unless a camera has sentimental value, if it has issues get another one.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Sell the defective cameras as "minty++++".

 

[Chan Tran]

Ahahahahaha! Repair... easy fix...hahahaha!

In this case it was an easy fix and the OP fixed it. Sirius repair man could have done the same and giving the OP a bill as a bonus.

 

[Huss]

In this case it was an easy fix and the OP fixed it. Sirius repair man could have done the same and giving the OP a bill as a bonus.

Yes and you missed the joke. It was wordplay on what Sriius said.