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Kate
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 04:12 pm: | 
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Hi everyone - in trying to find an answer to my problem, I stumbled upon this forum. I was hoping you could help me with my Nikon EM I just picked up. It seems to work fine, except for the batteries (new); the battery check does not appear to be reading the batteries, and therefore the meter isn't showing any reading. I've tried cleaning the contacts, but this hasn't helped. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
Jon Goodman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 10:08 pm: |
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Hi, Kate. Help me a bit...are you trying things with film in the camera or without? I believe the EM won't activate the meter until the film frame counter reaches the "1" mark, so you might need to cock and fire a few times. I'm sure the batteries are installed in the right direction, right? The + side should face up into the camera. Those are the first two obvious thoughts I have. Please let me know. There may be an easy answer.
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Kate
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 10:52 am: |
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Jon - Thank you for the quick reply! I am trying this without film in the camera...but, nothing changes with the meter when i cock and fire and advance the film frame counter. Is there a chance it would be different with film in? I didn't want to risk wasting a roll of film to find out it didn't make a difference. And the batteries are definitely installed in the right direction.
Kate |
Jon Goodman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 11:16 am: |
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Hi, Kate.
No, film wouldn't change things. I was simply hoping you had not installed film until you were sure things were working ok...not to waste it. From what you've described, "juice" is not getting past your battery, or at least we can conclude it is not making it to the battery check button. So, unless we can make the needle jump out of the haystack at us, we have a little searching to do. Unfortunately, that is going to require some disassembly and chasing around some circuits with an electronic tester. Is that something you're up for, or not? If it isn't, please feel free to click on my name and contact me directly.
Jon |
Kate
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 06:19 pm: |
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Jon, I would love some advice about disassembling it...my dad is pretty handy with electronics & an electronic tester, but neither of us has every disassembled a camera before. If you think it's "simple" enough that we can do some stuff, I'd love to hear your suggestions. Thanks! |
Haig Hovaness
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 08:35 am: |
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The main trick in opening up the EM is getting the round black collar off the film wind lever. This is the part that surrounds the shutter release button. It has a left-hand thread, and it may be locked in place by a tiny set screw on the edge of the wind lever. Try wearing a rubber glove to get a good grip on it. (Don't use ordinary tools like pliers, or you will mar the part.) Once you get this collar off, all you have to do is remove the remaining small screws and pry off a clip around the rewind shaft.
Note that serviceable EM bodies can be had for $50 on eBay. Also note that the EM functions manually without a meter. The default shutter speed on "AUTO" will be approximately 1/1000 and M90 will give you 1/90 for flash sych. |
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