I just recently bought a Nikon FM off ebay. I have never used film before, but wanted to give it a try.
I've had two rolls of film developed. The first, not even six pictures came out. I admit, I didn't know how to use it for the first half of the roll and wasn't even paying attention to the light meter. I ended up going to a camera shop and someone told me how to use it and the rest of my pictures came out except a few. Some were half covered with the bottom shutter. So I decided to give it another try with better film, to see if the shutter blades are actually sticking.
The second roll 9 pictures came out. They were all pictures taken in low light. There were two pictures I saw on the negatives that were 80% covered with the bottom shutter. The rest are completely blank.
Later I took the lens off just to see if I can find out what is wrong. Then I realize that when I turn the aperture dial, it's not closing. This would prove why only the pictures in low light were coming out. But then if the aperture dial wasn't closing, wouldn't the light meter tell me that?
So I don't know if the shutters are broken, if the aperture is broken, or if I am doing something seriously wrong.
I've had two rolls of film developed. The first, not even six pictures came out. I admit, I didn't know how to use it for the first half of the roll and wasn't even paying attention to the light meter. I ended up going to a camera shop and someone told me how to use it and the rest of my pictures came out except a few. Some were half covered with the bottom shutter. So I decided to give it another try with better film, to see if the shutter blades are actually sticking.
The second roll 9 pictures came out. They were all pictures taken in low light. There were two pictures I saw on the negatives that were 80% covered with the bottom shutter. The rest are completely blank.
Later I took the lens off just to see if I can find out what is wrong. Then I realize that when I turn the aperture dial, it's not closing. This would prove why only the pictures in low light were coming out. But then if the aperture dial wasn't closing, wouldn't the light meter tell me that?
So I don't know if the shutters are broken, if the aperture is broken, or if I am doing something seriously wrong.