>Okay you guys: I KNOW you want to help me with the question
>I posted a few days ago. Two very kind fellows responded to the
>question via private email but unfortunately their answers were
>contradictory. Can any of you help me? I hate to send this
>camera off for repair if there's nothing wrong. To reilterate
>the question: When I push and hold the AE-Lock and move the
>camera to recompose, the f stop changes in the LED window. One
>opinion was that the lock was holding the initial apeture and
>changing in the LED just to show the difference from the
>'automatic f/stop'. The other gentelmen, who had a 8008S (mine's
>an 8008) said when he recomposed, the f/stop which existed when
>he engaged the AE-Lock held when he recomposed.
>
>I sure would appreciate some more input. Thanks P.S. IF the
>lock isn't functioning does anyone have a clue as to how
>involved and expensive a job this might be?
>Pat
Pat,
I've never owned an 8008 or 8008s, but I have an idea on testing the
camera. Take it outside or point it at a light inside, anything bright
enough to give you a fairly fast shutter speed (say 1/60 or better).
Hold the AE-Lock button. Now put the lens cap on, and trip the shutter.
Did it take forever and a day, or did it trip at about 1/60 or so? If
it takes forever and a day, you probably have a problem.
FWIW, I have seen Nikons work both ways - the FE would remember the
locked shutter speed, but its meter would change with the light level as
you recomposed. The FE2 would lock the shutter speed and the meter
simultaneously.
Hope this helped,
Steve
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