You don't give up on a Nikon F3 lightly.
If it has a fault, you look for it - or a workshop that can fix it.
However, there are limits here.
You can't reasonably bring a defective, partially disassembled F3 back to life. The effort involved would be too high, not to mention the missing components.
There are two such F3s here.
The case is clear, but a decision is still needed.
The most valuable part of the F3 are the tiny LCDs that are reflected in the viewfinder.
Unfortunately, the LCDs can break over the decades. Then you can still work with the F3, but you can't see what it decides. In other words, which exposure time it chooses in automatic mode. Manual exposure adjustment using + and - is then no longer possible.
So the decision was easy for me.
Two clicks and two LCDs in their assembly, together with illumination and flash-ready LED, are ready for future replacement.
Rare goods …
... and there are still spare parts left for future repair projects.
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All information provided without guarantee and use at your own risk.
If it has a fault, you look for it - or a workshop that can fix it.
However, there are limits here.
You can't reasonably bring a defective, partially disassembled F3 back to life. The effort involved would be too high, not to mention the missing components.
There are two such F3s here.
The case is clear, but a decision is still needed.
The most valuable part of the F3 are the tiny LCDs that are reflected in the viewfinder.
Unfortunately, the LCDs can break over the decades. Then you can still work with the F3, but you can't see what it decides. In other words, which exposure time it chooses in automatic mode. Manual exposure adjustment using + and - is then no longer possible.
So the decision was easy for me.
Two clicks and two LCDs in their assembly, together with illumination and flash-ready LED, are ready for future replacement.
Rare goods …
... and there are still spare parts left for future repair projects.
+++
All information provided without guarantee and use at your own risk.