Cameras miracles do happen

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Some six years ago i bought from that site a Nikon FG in very nice condition,but,listed as spares and repairs. I thought new batteries could solve the problem. Cost me a whole fiver inc delivery,so worth a try.

When received it was exactly as described and trying without batteries in the body would fire on M90 and B,so I felt encouraged and inserted two new batteries,but, the same thing only M90 and B worked.

The battery compartment was clean as a whistle,but, I still run some IPA and compressed air to ensure it was spotless still no joy so onto the Nikon collection shelf it went to house my Nikkor 24mm f2.8.

Saturday I tried the 24mm Nikon on my Fuji X Pro 1 with adaptor ( very good that was too ).

Before replacing the lens back on the FG,I gave everything a blow out with a rocket blower and put in fresh batteries,wound the shutter lever with camera set on 250th and pressed the button and to my amazement the shutter fired.

I did not believe what had just happened,so I fired the shutter some 50 to 60 times with and without lenses on and not a problem. left the camera on the shelf for two days and tried this morning and still going strong.

Camera miracles do happen.

Astounded of Tunbridge Wells. :)
 
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Well I had a Konica FT1 it was usable but the information diodes in the viewfinder didn't work, and after about a year they came on.....but after about a year they went out again :banghead:, so it went for spare screws and parts :(
 
All we need now is "A tog miracle to happen" and we may get to see a half decent shot from Rich :exit::ROFLMAO:
 
medwaygreen said:
Some six years ago i bought from that site a Nikon FG in very nice condition,but,listed as spares and repairs. I thought new batteries could solve the problem. Cost me a whole fiver inc delivery,so worth a try.

When received it was exactly as described and trying without batteries in the body would fire on M90 and B,so I felt encouraged and inserted two new batteries,but, the same thing only M90 and B worked.

The battery compartment was clean as a whistle,but, I still run some IPA and compressed air to ensure it was spotless still no joy so onto the Nikon collection shelf it went to house my Nikkor 24mm f2.8.

Saturday I tried the 24mm Nikon on my Fuji X Pro 1 with adaptor ( very good that was too ).

Before replacing the lens back on the FG,I gave everything a blow out with a rocket blower and put in fresh batteries,wound the shutter lever with camera set on 250th and pressed the button and to my amazement the shutter fired.

I did not believe what had just happened,so I fired the shutter some 50 to 60 times with and without lenses on and not a problem. left the camera on the shelf for two days and tried this morning and still going strong.

Camera miracles do happen.

Astounded of Tunbridge Wells. :)
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I had a similar thing happen with an old 35mm Minolta camera that my grandmother had given me. I couldn't get it to fire no matter what I tried, so I just left it sitting on the shelf. I picked it up a number of months later to do some cleaning when I accidentally hit the shutter button and, much to my surprise, it fired.

It's been firing since then, although I haven't actually used it, as I'm a medium format guy.
 
Woodsy said:
See, with my 645, I adopted the swear at it a lot, nearly throw it in a lake and then instead bash it against a wooden picnic bench approach. That sorted my stuck shutter out perfectly! Never missed a beat since :D
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Similar to a stuck shutter in the Canon T90 :D
 
Woodsy said:
See, with my 645, I adopted the swear at it a lot, nearly throw it in a lake and then instead bash it against a wooden picnic bench approach. That sorted my stuck shutter out perfectly! Never missed a beat since :D
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Was it a Bronica if so they can take any amount of beatings and still perform. :)

Mine has and does.:D
 
I've been told it will cost £65+ vat to fix my unwell FG, so can i rent a space on your magic shelf instead please? :D
 
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