Trusty FE2 with MD12 Issue- Revisited (gone away?)

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Some Dude - 03 Mar 2004 17:31 GMT

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I shot a roll of tm100, shot two pics of each shutter speed (as
recommended by others). All the way from B to 4000. All shots "came
out". Course at 8 seconds in broad daylight..but it did "come out".
I realise that negative film has greater exposure latitude but the
previous slide film came out like..zero (pitch black even with a loupe
and a light table).

The camera works fine- perfectly fine.

So I'm leaning towards a temperature (environmental) issue. Is this
feasible? The extremes in temp- could they totally destroy slide film
and make thin cn's? Perhaps the shutter jammed up or froze
temporarily? All batteries tested with voltmeter and all good.

Should I just stop pursing this and shoot film and hope it doesn't
happen anymore? :) Its kind of sketchy when i'm shooting for dough
and the slides don't come out :(

Thanks!

Cheers,
-sd
http://www.zoom.sh

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson - 04 Mar 2004 00:22 GMT

> So I'm leaning towards a temperature (environmental) issue. Is this
> feasible? The extremes in temp- could they totally destroy slide film
> and make thin cn's? Perhaps the shutter jammed up or froze
> temporarily? All batteries tested with voltmeter and all good.

That's a common problem with those cameras. As the temperature approaches
freezing, the battery voltage approaces zero. Nikon even sold a little
gadget that replaced the batteries and battery cover and had a cable
to a little box that you kept inside your coat.

You could try the lithium battery for it. It does not work as well at
room temperature (and is a lot more expensive than 2 a76 or even px76's),
but it does work better in colder temperatures.

Geoff.

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Mike King - 04 Mar 2004 15:22 GMT

I hate to even ask, but are you sure the roll of slide film went through the
camera? (Been there, done that.)

The older cameras can be a bit tricky to load, especially in cold weather,
if you are wearing gloves. If the camera jammed, you might not be able to
advance the film, if the battery current dropped from temperature, the only
shutter speed that would keep working is "M".

And, of course, when testing a suspected problem, you then take extra care,
inside, loading the camera and the problem can not replicate.

--
darkroommike

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