Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I bought my friends Nikon F2 (an 1971 model which had been sitting in a camera bag unused for years), I took it to an independent repair facility. The shutter was so off, they were unable to even measure shutter speeds (something called tapering?). I ended up buying the camera from him, played with it for a week, then took it to Nikon Canada. When they tested the shutter, they found that except for the 1 sec speed (off by about 20%), the remaining speeds all were within spec. (I assume this means within maybe +/- 10%?). In any case, I think it was my weeks worth of clicking the shutter that loosened up the lubrication etc., and that brought the shutter back from the dead. I've used that camera quite a bit since then, never a problem. Obviously, this shouldn't be a problem with a new camera, though. Dan C. At 09:27 PM 17-04-99 -0700, Mark R. wrote: >How long did it sit on a shelf before it went through this test without >a roll put though it? >I would get a few rolls put through it first to warm it up before I >started hooking it up to an oscilloscope. The camera had dried out on >the shelf.