On 4 Apr 2003 06:26:07 -0800, nick.moog@commsbloke.com (moog) wrote:

>I have recently acquired a second hand Nikon F3.

>What a beutiful machine.

>

>Sadly it has suddenly developed a problem where the shutter fires

>every time the film is advanced. Please tell me that I am doing

>something wrong, I'd hate to have to take it back for a refund.

Guessing that the rewind button is stuck - a very easy

thing to fix. Check to see if it has "popped" out to

normal position, or if it is up, nearly flush with its

indentation... If stuck "up", carefully remove the

camera bottom (get a set of small metric screwdrivers

from Radio Shack), hold the camera bottom-side-up, and

place a drop of "pot cleaner" (do NOT spray it - collect

and move a drop by other means!) in the appropriate place,

then "work" the shaft in and out, using the advance to

cause it to pop out...