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     Brcamera Tinkerer Username: Brcamera Post Number: 194 Registered: 08-2010 Rating: N/A |
The shutter speed dial on the FM2n should stop at 1/4000. There is a quite solid part that prevents movement after 1/4000 on the shutter speed control assembly. If you can rotate the knob past 1/4000, you will see the X200 flash sync speed in the viewfinder which is a carryover from the original FM2. In all the hundreds of FM2n bodies that I have serviced, the original x200 marking is on the plastic film in the viewfinder, just not visible since the shutter speed knob is prevented from turning past 1/4000. In your case, perhaps the camera was an original FM2 and the speed indicator was replaced with an newer FM2n style-the internals would still allow the knob to go past 1/4000. While your serial number is higher than the original FM2, I have replaced many top covers that were damaged from impact on original FM2 bodies and the new serial numbers were in the higher range such as yours... Bill |