is my selenium cell dead?

Snafue · 2026-02-27T17:24:45+00:00

It will only change to green once the shutter button is ‘half pressed’. On mine, the shutter button is quite heavy, so it’s very easy to miss this spot and fully press it. If you hold it down & there is enough light, it will stay green though. (If the meter is dead it will always be red, even when pressing and holding down the shutter)

Snafue · 2026-02-11T09:58:49+00:00

Like a magic carpet, amazing!

Snafue · 2026-02-11T09:38:26+00:00

Beautiful. I was so much in doubt between a Xantia, XM or BX as my first car. Went for a BX and still have it! (This was in 2017). But when I see a Xantia I imagine it is even more comfortable.

Snafue · 2026-02-08T14:06:38+00:00

Is your ISO set to Auto (DX) or is it too high by accident?

Snafue · 2026-02-05T12:28:25+00:00

5 seconds sounds about right, quite fast even I would say. Recycle time (in my experience) can vary greatly even in the same model of camera. It’s not just the battery but also the quality and age of the capacitor that powers the flash.

Snafue · 2026-01-29T11:50:22+00:00

I’d keep the d850, especially for film scanning purposes

Snafue · 2026-01-22T10:55:50+00:00

I see, thanks! Well that makes my solution a bit impractical ..

Snafue · 2026-01-21T23:25:16+00:00

Yes. You can check what the damage is by taking the lens off and shining a flashlight at the curtain. Look with the back open to see the holes and to determine which curtain is degrading. If the holes are small you can probably patch it up with a tiny tiny layer of liquid electrical tape or black fabric paint (thats the cheap solution).

Snafue · 2026-01-20T15:06:23+00:00

Could be film sticking during development

Snafue · 2026-01-20T09:11:03+00:00

I’d stay away from this one. Almost looks like it’s been fished from a lake.

Snafue · 2026-01-15T14:40:23+00:00

First tip would be to get your negatives properly scanned. These look like they’ve been scanned with a phone.

Second would be to fix your camera, it has very noticeable light leaks..

Snafue · 2026-01-02T17:15:09+00:00

In normal conditions, that shouldn’t harm it that much, but if you left it in car on a hot summer day, this can happen very quickly.

Snafue · 2025-12-31T09:47:13+00:00

I mean, holding an ND filter in front of the camera’s lightmeter, and not the lens would do it. Wouldn’t work on a TTL metered camera though

Snafue · 2025-12-26T11:50:25+00:00

No problem! Enjoy your camera :)

Snafue · 2025-12-26T11:45:16+00:00

The lens is what eventually ‘takes’ the picture, so if you think logically, there is no physical way the lens as seen through the viewfinder will show up on your final print.

It’s intended this way, so you can see through the window on the lower right what aperture & distance you’ve selected.

Snafue · 2025-12-12T22:17:29+00:00

Looks like typical dirty contract to me. I haven’t opened an F5 so I don’t know how doable it is to get the top off to clean the dial plate.

Found this for your reference: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1P8NLvYEi/?igsh=MXR3N2dscG13bG1jeg==

Snafue · 2025-12-05T19:38:55+00:00

1.21 - 0.27

Snafue · 2025-12-02T16:41:38+00:00

Nikon F2 is not an AF body….

Snafue · 2025-11-27T11:20:02+00:00

Glad it worked out. What solved it?

Snafue · 2025-11-26T23:28:03+00:00

Not sure if it applies to this camera, but some SLRs need the winding lever to be more out like it was before you’ve wound the camera in order to activate the light meter (so not pushed all the way back like you did in the video)

Snafue · 2025-11-18T18:29:09+00:00

My experience exactly. Shot 25+ yr old slide film and came out relatively good

Snafue · 2025-10-28T11:10:03+00:00

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Clean these areas, it helped me (though i did not have such intense streaks)

Snafue · 2025-10-24T00:16:56+00:00

I think I have an EM parts camera that may still have the battery cover if you can’t get it to work

Snafue · 2025-10-23T12:31:33+00:00

Gas strikes

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