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Question about the actual failure rate of the Nikon F3's meter circuit
I was going through old service bulletins from a shop in Chicago. They logged over 400 F3 repairs from 1985 to 1990. Found out 38% of them were for the same meter circuit capacitor failure. That's a huge number for one part. Anyone else see this pattern in their own work?
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simonp761mo ago
Wow, that 38% figure is wild but honestly not shocking. I read a long forum thread a while back where a bunch of techs all said the same thing, that the original capacitor was just a bad part. It wasn't a matter of if it would fail, but when. Swapping it out for a better one seems to be the permanent fix everyone agrees on. That old shop's records just confirm what the rumor mill has been saying for ages. It's kind of amazing that one cheap part caused so many cameras to come back for repair.
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piperbailey1mo ago
Yeah, that tracks. Replaced mine with a modern cap and it's been solid for years now.
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