1. From : Shawn Daniel (shawn@netgripper.net)
Url : http://
Date : 05:29 AM Saturday 26 June, 2004

I'm trying to choose a Nikon zoom lens for an FM3A, and not knowing what I'm doing, it's difficult to figure out what's compatible. I realize the camera specs say Ai, Ai-s, AF-D, AF-S, P -(except IX and G-type Nikkor lenses). The closest I've been able to get to what I think those specs mean is a 70-210mm f/4.5-5.6 Zoom-Nikkor AI-S Manual Focus, but the product description goes on further to say "for FM-10". I'm thinking that just means it was originally developed for use with the FM-10, and it will work well on an FM3A. Can anybody offer any guidance? Or suggest a different lens? I'd also consider a zoom from wide angle to tele instead of tele to tele. Thanks in advance. Shawn

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2. From : Sean (p32@excite.com)
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Date : 01:34 AM Saturday 26 June, 2004

Yes, the FM screen can be changed in the same manner as the FG screen. There are 4 pieces and a screw up there: the screen, a rectangular spring that keeps it flush, a rectangular frame, and the part the screw holds on, which is there to hold the frame up.

There is a screw in the top front inside the lens mount facing forward. Unscrew this and you remove the small piece that holds up the 2 pieces that keep the screen up there. I like doing this with the camera upside down, so the pieces don't fall out. There is a rectangular spring piece inside there that is somewhat difficult to reinsert, you need to get the screen in just perfect and push the spring flat and get the rear pieces into the small rail that it fits in. The front of the spring has to be held with your finger as you reinstert the square frame that holds the spring up else it will pop out again. You need to get the lip of this in the same rail as the spring piece. Finally, you put back the piece that holds the frame back, line up the hole, and screw in the screw. Easier to do than to explain actually. Realize that the FM screen has cutouts for the LEDs on one side and for the shutter speed display on the other. I'm not sure if the screens designed for the later FM/FE series cameras will fit properly. Certainly, you can replace the screen with an identical one if yours has been scatched. They are fragile and the manipulations to get the screen inserted the first time you do it may result in a scratched screen. If you are replaceing a scratched screen with a newer one, practice putting the old one back in a few times. Of course the frensel side goes up into the camera, the smooth side is down into the mirror chamber.

Sean

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3. From : Mike (poshphoto@hotmail.com)
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Date : 05:10 AM Friday 25 June, 2004

Hello: Can the focusing screen be changed or replaced in an Nikon FM? Is this something for the repair shop or can I do it? Thanks

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4. From : Hermann Graf (hermann.graf@basf-ag.de)
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Date : 04:09 PM Thursday 24 June, 2004

To Jamie: Your problem does not look good, spare parts for the FM are no longer available at most workshops. Nikon warns in its instructions from using non-Nikon flashes because of too high voltage; although not justified in every case, for some of the very old flashes it is.

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5. From : Jamie (clareandjamie@roylestreet.freeserve.co.u)
Url : http://
Date : 10:56 PM Wednesday 16 June, 2004

Hello all. I have owned a black FM for about 5 years. It was my grandad's, then my mother's, now mine. It accompanies me pretty much everywhere, by itself, or as a backup to my battery hungry F90. A few days ago, I tried out an old sunpak flash on it, using the synch lead. It worked fine, but now my meter has gone completely dead. I've tried all the usual quick fixes (fresh battery, contact scraping, hopeless fiddling) to no avail. Have I fried my circuitry, and is it expensive to fix? All and any advice would be very gratefully received, as I am pathetically attatched to the camera. Thanks in advance, Jamie.

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6. From : sally (skutsunai@dslextreme.com)
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Date : 07:34 AM Tuesday 15 June, 2004

I'm a novice. Any recommendations for a flash for my Nikon FM? Sunpak 266D ok? Thanks

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7. From : Alexey Timofeev (timofeev@ict.spb.ru)
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Date : 02:58 PM Monday 14 June, 2004

Hi! My FM3A makes a real shutter speed with the shutter speed ring's sat to 'A' (auto) position prior to frame one. Good luck

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8. From : Esther Louise Snow (phototronette@hotmail.com)
Url : http://www.foragoodprint.com
Date : 03:14 AM Wednesday 09 June, 2004

I have an first FM2 with the flash shutter that syncs with 200. My question is will this FM2 work properly with a Sunpak 383 flash? Thanks

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9. From : Jen (jennaiel88@yahoo.com)
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Date : 11:43 AM Tuesday 08 June, 2004

My beloved FM2 got dunked in a flood! They told me the rubber seals inside are gone -- is there any hope of salvaging? Any good repair shops in Malaysia?

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10. From : Alexey Timofeev (timofeev@ict.spb.ru)
Url : http://
Date : 03:51 PM Monday 07 June, 2004

Hi from Russia! I've tested my new FM3A and it's impossibly to perform multiple short strokes with a film advance lever. You have to move it to the rightmost position. Thank you for your interesting article about Nikon FM3A. Good luck!

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