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  • I managed to break my F100 at the weekend, fantastic timing!
  • Repair Jig + Metal Hook = Could someone point me to it, please?
  • When i bought an old motorcycle, genuinely all I needed was a Clymer repair guide. I'm shocked these things don't exist for more things, eg cameras.
  • Nikon at least actually have service manuals for all their recent stuff online now https://ssr.downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en_US/products/29...

    Think the modern stuff is easier to repair to be honest.

  • Cameras are smaller, requiring more dexterity and often specialized small tools. And you usually have to disassemble a significant portion of the camera to repair things. And they don't (usually) require frequent periodic maintenance like a motorcycle or car (oil changes, chain lube/tension, tires, brakes, etc) - usually just repairs when they fail.
  • I'm a big fan of this camera. Great focus, meter and film advance systems. Familiar if you're used newer Nikon DSLRs. It has given me a lot of great pictures!
  • I have an F100 sitting in a box somewhere waiting for repair. At some point I snapped the finger off the ring around the lens mount which couples the lens aperture. Stupid thing is plastic and easy to snag or bump.
  • Nice. I have an old Canon manual focus T90 film camera which I loved. Put in the AA batteries (it ran on 4 for camera and motor drive). The display screen in the view finder said "HELP" in its glowing red letters. It said EEE on the top lcd display. I guess the shutter is gone because I left sitting too long. It was kind of a remarkable message from a camera, and I had to double check to be sure.

    The old SLRs are always fascinating to me. The little circut boards through out the camera body and the crazy mechanical systems.

    https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/canon-t90-the-infamous...

  • Trick for the F100 is buy 4-5 N80/F80's. They weigh a lot less and if one dies you just get another one out :)
  • Or you buy one F5. It weighs a lot more but has a decent chance to outlive you.
  • F80 would have been the perfect autofocus film camera if only it could meter and stop down manual lenses. F100 is just too heavy
  • When I was fixing old cameras, the "Fix Old Cameras" Youtube Channel was a solid resource:

    https://www.youtube.com/@FixOldCameras

  • FixOldCameras mainly focuses on cameras from the 70s and earlier where electronics are nonexistent or fairly simple.

    Late-90s cameras like the Nikon F100 are a different beast entirely. The only thing worse are probably compacts from that era like the Olympus mju. If something goes wrong there you can essentially give up on fixing it.

  • I found the Reddit dig at the end of the article very humorous.