#Nikon fe serial number year code manual#
It's a very nice camera if you're interested in manual shooting. That way you can open the back of the camera without ruining whatever photos were already on the film. (Stop before it gets difficult to turn - you don't want to put too much force into it.) If there's film, wind it back into the canister by first pressing the small round button in the bottom plate of the camera, which will click in, signifying that the resistance on the take-up spool has been released, and then wind it with the crank back into the canister. If there's film in it, you'll feel increasing resistance as the spool inside the canister takes up slack.
Otherwise, I suggest you get something digital.īefore you open it, check whether there's film in it by folding out the crank on the rewind knob and turning the knob several rotations in the direction of the arrow. If you want to mess with film, it is a wonderful tool for instruction as you will learn what shutter speed and aperture do and the relationship with the available light. See also used departments at B&H or Adorama. Įbay, or might give you an idea of the value of the body or lens. This database can give you an idea of the lens' date of manufacture.
#Nikon fe serial number year code pdf#
You can probably find a pdf copy of the manual on line by googling "instruction manual nikon fm" Moving the stutter lever should move the rewind lever is there is film in the camera. To see if there is film in the camera, mover the rewind lever on the left top to see if there is resistence. This camera is a perfect student camera if the shutter works. The lens might be worth more than the body, but no much in either event. Fully manual, focus, shutter speed and aperture set manually, after consulting a light meter. If so, needs button batteries for the light meter. Look at the serial number on the back just below the film advance/shutter cocking lever.
Looks a lot like a Nikon FM, probably 30 years old ,but I have trouble making out the serial number in the photo posted. You can find an instruction manual for this camera here: The "mold" isn't visible (to me, at least) in your pictures, so I'm not sure what you mean when you say it's moldy. If it's only dirty on the outside, then you might be able to clean it up yourself enough to try it out. My offhand guess is that sending this camera out for a thorough cleaning would probably be almost as expensive as buying another one, considering how much the prices of film gear have dropped in the last decade. It may be sticky if it's been sitting in a box for years. Pull this lever back, and while holding it back, pull up on the film rewind lever. To open it: See the black rewind knob on the top left of the camera, with the curving arrow pointing to the left? There is a small lever on the top of the camera next to this knob (visible in the picture above, the arrow seems to point at it). It's an excellent camera, capable of using any of Nikon's manual-focus AI or AI-S lenses (such as the 55mm macro that you have mounted on it). Without batteries, you can still take pictures, since the camera as a fully mechanical shutter, but you'll have to figure out the exposure yourself.
It is fully mechanical in operation except for the light meter, which requires two SR44 batteries that go into a compartment on the bottom of the camera. It's a Nikon FM (notice that the serial number on the back begins with "FM"), a 35mm manual-focus, manual-exposure film camera made between 1977 and about 1984. i cant get the back to open, and i cant figure out how. in the box the original flash is still with it, didnt manage to take pictures. how much would that cost me, and is that really worth it? It has a 55mm lens which really needs a clean up too. Sure i have a nikon dslr, but i have no idea about their slrs, but what model is this ? Its really really moldy and needs cleaning. I have no idea what model it is, what its capable of. Regardless of that I was extremely excited when my father cleared out his study room and found this gem, an old nikon he bought in his twenties, thats about 20-30 years ago. Hello all, First of all dont kill me, im just an amateur photographer, not really into the gadget side of it all.
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