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Nikon FE2 dead battery??

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david beaman

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Dec 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM12/4/00
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Have a Nikon FE2 that seems to have flat batteries; mirror locked up and no
action apart from the M250 speed - the meter needle does still move which
seems to suggest that the batts are OK, but switches off as soon as pressure
is released from the shutter release... - yes I have tried new batts. Anyone
come across this before?

Regards,

David.

Tony Polson

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Dec 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM12/4/00
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"david beaman" <david....@nokia.com> wrote:

It could be something slightly different; the mirror may have stuck to a
perished mirror bumper (black foam seal in the viewfinder). The foam
gets sticky as it perishes (degrades) and can adhere to the mirror.

Replacing the seal with new foam should cure it. You can do it yourself
but in view of the delicacy of the mirror in its present state it might
be a job best left to a competent camera repairer. If you do it
yourself, you can get the foam from:
http://www.micro-tools.com/

Hope this helps!

--
Tony Polson, North Yorkshire, UK

johnchap

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Dec 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM12/4/00
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Sounds like camera not getting full power from battery. Using pencil
eraser, gently clean off contacts in battery compartment, and carefully
bend up contact so it touches battery with some pressure. If this does
not help, try another battery. Your first "new" one could have been DOA.

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"david beaman" <david....@nokia.com> wrote:
> Have a Nikon FE2 that seems to have flat batteries; mirror locked up
and no
> action apart from the M250 speed - the meter needle does still move
which
> seems to suggest that the batts are OK, but switches off as soon as
pressure
> is released from the shutter release... - yes I have tried new batts.
Anyone
> come across this before?
>

> Regards,
>
> David.
>
>


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Gene Windell

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Dec 5, 2000, 2:00:58 AM12/5/00
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On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 19:48:31 GMT, johnchap <john...@wdn.com> wrote:

>Sounds like camera not getting full power from battery. Using pencil
>eraser, gently clean off contacts in battery compartment, and carefully
>bend up contact so it touches battery with some pressure. If this does
>not help, try another battery. Your first "new" one could have been DOA.

I strongly agree, since I've been through this with my own FE2.
First, try another new battery. If that doesn't work, clean the
contacts in the battery chamber. If you've already done that, do it
again.

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