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Nikon F3 - widely regarded as one of the most reliable electronic camera of all time and it was also the longest serving Nikon F-Series SLR camera. This evergreen model remains a hot favorite among many working pro and serious amateurs As every individual photographer has his own personal style to express himself and that includes how one handles his own photographic tools, this section allows you to share your knowledge & mutual experience using the camera. Some of the opinion presented within the site was specifically my personal experience and I do not wish to influence any decision prior to any potential purchases or disposal. You may make use of this convenience here to present your own views. Enjoy.This site is specifically created for some of these great SLR bodies by Nikon, its creator. Please don't mail me other than constructive suggestions or rectifying mistakes found in this site, thanking you. Since this is a non-profitable resource site - The developer of this site reserves the rights to censor or delete any inappropriate, unrelated, misleading or excessively hostile messages posted herein. If your intention is to dispose your Nikon camera(s) or its accompanying accessories or looking for a used model or any of its system components, please use a separate section with a higher volume of traffic Free Trade Zone site instead. The Photography In Malaysia has no Guestbook on its own, because it is an integral part of the MIR site. But if you want to leave a note on your experience visiting this site, you may use the MIR's Guestbook at another new window by clicking on the Guestbook Link.
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1. From : Glenn (gi@sprintmail.com)
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Date : 12:50 PM Monday 14 February, 2011
Can I put the high-aimpoint (F3HP) viewfinder on my standard F3?2. From : Tom Higgins (upbeat3@hotmail.com)
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Date : 10:24 AM Tuesday 04 January, 2011
Does anyone have a description on how to use fill flash in daylight with the F-3 and using an SB-12 flash which sets shutter to 80 when flash is turned on.3. From : Jimmy Lynch (athigherground@att.net)
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Date : 10:39 AM Wednesday 29 December, 2010
Will leather cases for f2AS, CTT,Ch-1&2 fit F3 HP??
Jim4. From : Tom Walker (tomwlkr@aol.com)
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Date : 05:24 AM Sunday 04 July, 2010
After using a F3/MD4 combo for several yrs I bought a F3hp. The MD4 would not work on it, the film will advance 1 frame but the shutter will only trip with the manual release. I bought another MD4 and same problem. Both work on the non-hp, but not the hp. Any suggestions?5. From : Philip Petrasek (plpetrasek@comcast.net)
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Date : 05:55 AM Friday 07 May, 2010
I am looking for a good book on the Nikon F3. I purchased David Busch' book "Digital Field Guide" for my Nikon D80 digital. But I would like to find something like that for the F3 that I just purchased. Any ideas? Please email me with your ideas. Thanks.6. From : George (gmpierce@gmail.com)
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Date : 05:04 AM Tuesday 02 February, 2010
I am looking for a older style F3 exposure lock button.
Mine got lost and I am trying to replace it without taking it apart.7. From : Marco (spam@nowhere.org)
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Date : 08:19 AM Friday 29 January, 2010
Hi Nick,
yes, what you describe regarding your MD-4 is normal behaviour.
Marco
8. From : Nick (nick.sterghos@interfaceflor.com)
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Date : 04:09 AM Friday 22 January, 2010
I just purchased a "like new" MD-4 motor drive for an F3 which, I have not purchsed yet. My question is this: when I push the shutter down (w/o camera mounted on the MD-4)the motor will not advance in either "s" or "c" mode. However, when I put it in rewind mode, the motors work. Will the MD-4 advance only with a camera attached? I'm trying to figure out if the unit I just purchased does not work, despite it's "like new" consition.
Thank you.9. From : Matt Wardle (mattwardle@mac.com)
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Date : 08:15 PM Friday 15 January, 2010
Hi,
I have a min Nikon F3HP. Everything was just fine intil this morning when I reloaded a film and to my utter dismay the shutter release seems to have stayed slightly de-pressed. It now will only fire using the manual release on the front of the camera. Any ideas how to sort this out?
Thanks
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Date : 09:39 AM Wednesday 18 November, 2009
I'm "acquiring", amongst other such stuff, old 60s'-80s' non-plastic cameras. I've got the Pentax X series, the Canon F1 series (not F1N), and am working on the Nikon F series. So far, I've decided that the F4 looks a bit too... kitch(?), so at the moment it's the F3 that ends that series.
The F3 example of interest here is the F3HP/MD4 setup that's apparently so popular. Great outfit for a bang shooter who just want's great negs, and I must admit to the seductiveness of that sort of thing. I generally keep battery caddies separate from the cameras (like guns and ammunition), which is a visual clue to the need to use these rigs regularly even when not in the field.
So yesterday I picked up the F3/MD4, inserted the battery caddy, and.... nothing!. After fiddling with it, wondering just what I'd forgotten, it started to work again. Then I swapped in a hot NiCad pack, and .... nothing! Some fiddling around with it got it working again. The NC pack wasn't as hot as I thought, so I swapped it out for the battery caddy. Again, nothing!
At that point, I separated the camera and drive. The camera had no batteries, which I then added, and it worked just fine. I don't know whether or not MD4s can function without a camera attached (MD2's will), so I've no idea about what may be going on with it.
Then I started looking more closely at the camera, and one of the brass contacts for the drive pins was recessed. The end of a paper clip was a good tester for these contacts, and the rest appeared to resist recessing. But this one contact not only seemed to give way before the clip end, but it didn't return to anything like the same height as the rest.
I figured that with the batteries in the camera, it would function when bolted up to the drive even if the drive did not. Nope, nothing. So now I know I don't have a real handle on what's wrong, but I do know that the errant contact can't be right.
I must assume that this camera can be repaired, although it might be just as well to get another from EBay (not where this came from...), if I can find a really pristine copy. But this certainly doesn't bode well for the F3; both it and the drive were purchased together and the almost flawless condition of both strongly suggests that neither were abused.
I guess my question is whether or not anyone else has had a problem like this (with the F3). Any ideas, anyone?
Bill Tallman
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