<p>I've been wanting to shoot Nikon gear for a long time just to see what all the hype is about and when I found a Nikon EM with a Series E 50mm 1.8 for $5 and an N2020 with a 50mm 2.8 macro for $0.99 (thrift shops are amazing) in the same week I thought I may as well find the perfect camera for myself. I love 70s-80s film slrs for their size, silence, and reliability. My favorite camera is my Canon A-1 with my 28mm 2.8 lens. It works in all program modes and manual mode and I usually find myself jumping between P and S modes. The Nikon FA was the only Nikon camera that fit the bill before you get into auto winding cameras and those are too noisy and plastic for me. The FA even has a 1/4000 shutter speed and mechanical 250 shutter so it's more reliable than the A-1, or so I thought it would be.</p>
<p>Getting to the point, I bought the FA online in black and with the battery grip for $100 listed in excellent condition and fully functional which is a pretty good deal. Whoever was testing it out (the seller was a big Japanese company) must not have been checked it very carefully cause it's P and S modes don't work. The only reason why I bought the camera. Figures. They were to slow to update me on getting a refund so now it's my problem, may as well fix it.</p>
<p>Now I know I'm definitely using the camera right, I've read the instructions and lens compatibility charts several times over. My 50mm E lens is Ais as is the macro lens so they should both be fully compatible as the FA was one of the few cameras to recognize Ais lenses. I rotate the aperture down to it's minimum, f22 or f32, set the mode to P or S, and put the shutter speed on any position besides M250 or B, and when I take the shot the lens always stops down all the way and selects the shutter speed for the minimum aperture regardless of what the computer has selected inside the viewfinder (The display will read 1/60 but fire for 2 seconds).</p>
<p>Through all my research online I have only ever found 2 people with the problem.</p>
<p>http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00biPA</p>
<p>The first guy asks the question, everybody else hops around the question and talks about whatever they want, and the last guy who posted in 2012 on page 5 never gets a response. So what's the problem? I really want to expand my Nikon lens collection but I need a working camera and don't want to blow another $100 or more on another camera. I have too many. Please help. Thanks.</p>