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clifton long
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 11:37 am: | 
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My FT3 shutter release doesn't always allow me to advance the film after taking a picture: it has to be pressed again and then it will wind. If the button is pressed deliberately past the shutter release point it works. Anyone know the fix for this? There is also some slop in the shutter speed adjustment so that four rather than three shutter speeds may show up in the view finder. The two on the outside are cut in half. Pushing the adjustment lever corrects this but this should be firmly in place on it's own - Any suggestions for that? thanks |
P Laskey
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 07:14 am: |
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This is a common Nikkormat problem. One of my three ancient ftn's suffers from this. It's almost certainly down to wear in the mechanism. Same applies to the shutter speed indication in the vf - the plastic tape with the numbers on it is probably stretched or loose. Personally I'd "retire" the FT3 gracefully at this point - it would be a lot of fiddly work trying to correct this.
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Kevin
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 06:22 pm: |
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The problem in question is fixable. Un-fortunately, the fix requires removing the top cover. The FTN series (FS,FT,FT2,FT3) were some of the easiest Nikons to take apart. I can elaborate futher if you are interested. |
