1. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-135.html
Date : 12:39 PM Sunday 17 February, 2008

Hi Lee: I can think of a number of reasons why your images might be underexposed, and there may be others that I haven't thought of:

1. Your meter could be off. To check it, take the camera outdoors on a bright sunny day, set the shutter speed to the same number as the ISO setting, point the camera at the grass and center the meter. If the meter is correct, the f/stop should come out at f/16.

2. Your shutter could be off. That's a bit harder to check, but try going to http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-135.html and see if you can compare your shutter's appearance to the diagrams on that page (you need a CRT monitor or TV set to do this check). The answer doesn't come out as a neat numerical readout, you have to do a bit of interpretation.

3. Your film could be bad. It sounds like it's at least 6 or 7 years old... has it been stored in a refrigerator during that time? Old unexposed film will decrease in sensitivity over the years, especially if it's warm.

4. If you developed it yourself, and your chemicals are as old as your film, they could be bad. Old developer goes dead, and the result is very similar to underexposure.

If (1) and (2) seem to check out alright, try a fresh roll of film and see if it's better.

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2. From : Lee (lilquietone44@hotmail.com)
Url :
Date : 07:41 AM Sunday 17 February, 2008

I'm picking back up this hobby of mine that I used to do in high school. I took photography classes during my11th and 12th grade years. Now I'm in my first year coming out of college.

I pick up my SLR Nikon FM10 and start shooting around my apartment, and whenever I put it to any kind of shutter speed/f stop, it appears to be underexposed. I'm using Kodak B&W Film that I've had for awhile, but not sure how long I've had it prob for years but I just put it in the camera maybe a year ago. Just let m eknow if anyone has suggestions for why it never comes out to the right exposure.?

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3. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://rick_oleson.tripod.com
Date : 12:22 PM Tuesday 12 February, 2008

Hi Robert: This does not sound like a "fix-it-yourself" problem to me. I think you need to take it to the shop, unless you consider the camera to be expendable.

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4. From : Robert (rhuibonhoa@gmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 09:45 PM Sunday 10 February, 2008

Hi Could someone please help me out... my nikon fm2n was wokring fine until one day the mirror got stuck. So i removed the lens and pushed the mirror down. after that, the focusing screen fell down and i pushed it back up. No more problems. but now the shutter speed seems stuck at one speed (sounds like 1/4000 to me) no matter where i turn the dial, be it one second or half a second or 1/60th of a second, etc. Same goes when it is placed on bulb setting. any help would be appreciated. Is there a way I can try to fix this myself. thanks

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5. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://rick_oleson.tripod.com
Date : 11:44 AM Tuesday 22 January, 2008

Hi Lili:

If the dirt is on the eyepiece, you may be able to clean it from the outside... these do attract a lot of dirt.

If the dirt is on the focusing screen, this can be removed for cleaning: Remove the lens and you will see a small tab just at the front edge of the focusing screen. Pull this tab toward you and the metal frame holding the screen will drop down on top of the mirror. You can carefully lift the screen out by a tab near the lower corner. Hold the screen carefully by the edges and blow it off with a can of compressed air. I don't recommend doing any more than that to clean it, it is possible to do more harm than good.

To reinstall the screen, set it back into its frame - the tab on the screen rests in a matching extension of the edge of the frame - and carefully press the front edge of the frame back into place with your finger tip until it clicks. If you feel resistance, don't force it .... back up a bit and make sure the screen is positioned correctly in its frame and then try again.

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6. From : Lili (lilisweet@hotmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 04:07 AM Monday 21 January, 2008

Hi, I have an FM2 here with a terrible amount of dirt stuck behind the glass of my viewfinder.It doesn't affect my pics but it is very obstrusive and distracting from my subject. I would like to repair it myself. How do I go about it? Does anyone have a link to a free FM2 repair manual. Also my inner meter is not working. Can this be fixed easily? Thank you in advance!

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7. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://www.display-optics.com/products_35mm-format_ni
Date : 11:04 AM Thursday 17 January, 2008

Hi Okor:

The Beattie Intenscreen was, I think, the first of the "microlens array" focusing screens which increase viewing brightness significantly compared to a regular groundglass focusing surface.

I have attached a link to the manufacturer at the "URL" line at the top of this message. According to this listing, the Beattie Intenscreen is not available for the Nikon FM, although it is available for the FM2 which (unlike the FM) has a user-interchangeable screen.

Oops! The whole URL won't fit in the line above. Cut and paste this into your browser to go straight to the Nikon page:

http://www.display-optics.com/products_35mm-format_nikon.htm

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8. From : Okor (nomail@nospammingpls.com)
Url : http://
Date : 02:02 AM Wednesday 16 January, 2008

Anyone can tell the screen call "Bette screen" ? It sounds something like that, where can I have some brief infomation? are they good, some one has suggest to me and offered me a unit, I am not sure if it is better than Nikon screen. I am using a Nikon FM.

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9. From : Matt (mns335@gmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 12:32 PM Monday 07 January, 2008

I Have a Nikon FM with a serial number FM2333963. How do I tell how old this is please? regards Matt

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10. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://rick_oleson.tripod.com
Date : 01:34 PM Saturday 05 January, 2008

Thanks J. It seems that with every single new model introduction, Nikon adds a new layer of nuance to their continuously evolving system of lens/body incompatibility. Frustration with this philosophy (which goes back for decades) has soured my view of Nikon - trying to keep up with each new twist and turn of this-won't-work and that-almost-works-if-you-do-this has become too complicated a task for me to maintain.

Having said that, it's not a problem for everyone - it's hard on dinosaurs like me with lenses stretching back 40 years, but not an issue at all for someone who just wants to go out and buy a camera and will get new lenses to go with it.

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