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From: zhang@cornell.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Nikon FG repairing
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 18:29:27 EST
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From: zhang (Zhang Yuan-Kai)

I'd like to put my two cents worth on camera repairing. To those of you
who are highly experieced please skip this message.

One of my friend had trouble with his NIKON FG camera when he shot in cold
weather. The shutter made the first sound of click and stoped with the
mirror up, so nothing could be seen through the viewfinder. He thought
the camera ran out of battery, and changed for a new one. It didn't help.

He turned to me, becuase I'm a little bit more experienced than him. I
checked the camera and released the shutter by turning the speed select
ring to "M" mode. After that, I put in a new battery, and everything is
ok now. My conclusion is that don't change the bettary unless you have
already released the stuck shutter. The bettary will be drained with the
stuck shutter.

By the way, I'm a Nikon FE2 owner, and I had no problem with my camera.
There is a rumor that Nikon FG has more problem than the new mode FG20.
Did somebody out there hear of that or have the same kind of trouble as
mentioned above?

zhang@cornell