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Jeff
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 05:25 pm: | 
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Hello all,
I have a Nikon FM. All works well except the wind lever will not "lock" after a winding (and shutter cocking) stroke. This means I can advance the film as many frames as I want without releasing the shutter. The frame counter registers each advance. I think the wind lock mechanism is not working, but I don't know what to look for inside the camera. I have removed the baseplate to check the mechanism. I don't see any parts that would act as a wind lock. I also have a functioning FE and I removed it's baseplate to see what its wind lock looks like. Although the general design is similar, it is a different mechanism than my FM. Does anybody have a drawing or an internal photo of a functioning FM that shows me the wind lock? Thanks! |
rick
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 04:39 pm: |
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I have a photo of the FM2, showing it - it's a lever near the motor drive coupling disk under the baseplate. I don't know if the FM is the same or not, I'd have thought so.
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Jeff
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 05:38 pm: |
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Rick,
You seem to be describing what I see in my FE. The FE has a rather long lever that engages a notch in the motor drive coupling disk. My FM has no such lever, and no notch in the motor drive coupling disk. What's interesting is there is a threaded screw-hole in the body casting where the lever of the FE would be mounted (if this were the FE). You would think this indicates missing parts, but the notch in the motor drive coupling disk isn't there either. Perhaps this is an older FM (it does not have replacable focusing screen) with a different design? The serial number is 2430540, I don't know how old that is. I'm still very interested in a scan, sketch, or picture of an FM without its baseplate  or hearing from someone who has an FM and/or knows where the wind lock mechanism is located. This camera works great otherwise. |
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