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BeBu, I probably will - I'm certain I'm not going to send it out to repair. As I said, it would cost more to ship and fix and ship back than to just get another camera. That said, I AM curious as to what is wrong with this beast and I think it would be cool to figure it out for myself.

I talked to a friend of mine and he suggests I would probably be better off to just get another FE or FM - it would cost more than a substitute camera to ship and repair the wonky FM. I'll do that, I suppose, but I'll keep the FM in hand - to see if I can fix it myself.

I have an FE that works perfectly and it uses the same battery setup that the FM uses. So, besides my voltmeter, this is my test bed for batteries. So. I went to the battery store and bought a brand new 2L76. That's a single 3v battery that is the other proper one to insert in the camera. And it worked. It tested at 3.26v and initially, it worked. I had LEDs as soon as I turned on the camera, I cocked the shutter and fired it and I still had LEDs but I cocked and fired again and the LEDs went out. I pulled the battery and tested and the battery showed 2.78v. So riddle me this, Batman - in a camera that's Fully Mechanical, in which the only thing that the battery is used for is the light metering system, how is it that battery drain seem co-incident with the shutter being fred? What is there in an FM than can short and drain the battery?

Hey Y'all. I found an elderly 2L76 in the package, in a drawer. I tested it for voltage and it read 3.25 volts, so I put it in the FM and by goodness it worked. I set it down and walked away to do something else, came back a half hour later and it didn't work. BUT. I checked the voltage again and it was down to 1.2 volts. I'm putting that down to age of the battery. I'll replace it tomorrow and try again, but i think the 2L76 is the answer. Of course, if it pulls down again in an hour or so (an hour with the metering system shut off) then I'm going to have to look toward a short in the system. Lou

Thanks. I'll try that right away.

I am the proud owner of e recently acquired Nikon FM. The first thing I did was to acquire some fresh batteries for the camera (Eveready 357) because I was sure the batts in the camera would dead. And they were. The problem arose when I went to check the operation of the light meter system (which is the only thing the batteries are used for) - it appeared not to work. To make a long story short, I checked and double checked the batteries to make sure I had put them in properly, yet when the battery cover/holder is screwed in tight, the light metering does not work. If I screw the cover/holder in LOOSELY, it DOES work. But tightened? No go. Has someone had experience with this? And fixed it? Help? Lou

Actually, I have some sealed 200 PLUS some sealed 400, so i din't need any more ECN-II. What I want to do is try to get some ALREADY EXPOSED film processed. If I can. I have read that C-41 will work, but what about the backing on the film?

Is there anyone, anywhere, who knows of an organization that will develop ECN-II (Seattle Film Works)? Failing that, is there anyone who is aware of a kit or source for chemicals that one might use at home? Lou Lohman