I was given a Nikon F and I got my photos back and half of them were grey and the other half were fine but 1/3d or 2/3d of the images were cut off by black? Any suggestions Why?
I was given a Nikon F and I got my photos back and half of them were grey and the other half were fine but 1/3d or 2/3d of the images were cut off by black? Any suggestions Why?
Shooting above max synch speed with flash is possible. But shutter service is likely if not. They're usually quite tough but a camera pushing 50 may need some TLC.
What shutter speed? Definitely yours is capping. Hopefully it's not doing it at too many shutter speed settings.
I got an F this time last year -- a really cosmetically challenged one. 1/1000 didn't work, but with exercise (and warmer weather) it came around. It's starting to do it again, but I figure I can live with 1/500 as a top speed if need be.
Sure looks like capping to me as well. You will find that this becomes worse (less image) the higher the shutter speed. Generally should be ok up to aroumd 1/250th. You can do a quick and dirty check by opening the back, putting the lens on max aperture and pointing the camera at a light source. Looking at the shutter, start fiting it off at say, 1/30th and you should see a definite circle. Keep upping the speeds to see if that circle remains, harder to see when the speeds increase.If your shutter is indeed capping, you will see a dark area on one side, becoming more so as speeds increase, until there may be no light coming through at all on the top speed.
No great drama as any good tech can srevice the shutter for you and your F will live foe a long time.
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Originally Posted by SimonSutcliffe
