Is my Nikon F3 LCD starting to go

[Range-rover]

I have the Nikon F3 which I got a few weeks ago, and notice on the LCD there
appears to be a extra dash at the end of some numbers, it's not there all
the time just sometimes. It's like when there's the number 250 the
beginning of the 2 at the top a line comes comes down from the upper
part. I've read that it might need cleaning or something else.


Range

 

[OddE]

Hi,

That would be the LCD bleeding - the liquid inside leaks out from the pre-defined segments in the display module.

AFAIK, your options are either to learn to live with it or find a replacement finder which does not (yet) have this problem.

 

[henri klein]

either replace the viewfinder or ignore it. it will not affect your pictures.

 

[sc_rufctr]

The LCD may be fine. There's a strip contact that can be affected by mosture.

Easy fix but how confident are you to tackle this yourself?

 

[Highway 61]

(...)or find a replacement finder which does not (yet) have this problem.

either replace the viewfinder or ignore it.

Both wrong.

On the Nikon F3 the LCD display is on the camera body, in front of the focusing screen seat, and not in the viewfinder which is passive (not the same principle as on the Nikon F2). So the viewfinder has nothing to do with that.

Sadly, this is a common aging failure of almost all the F3.

 

[sc_rufctr]

Both wrong.

On the Nikon F3 the LCD display is on the camera body, in front of the focusing screen seat, and not in the viewfinder which is passive (not the same principle as on the Nikon F2). So the viewfinder has nothing to do with that.

Sadly, this is a common aging failure of almost all the F3.

And it can easily be fixed and in a lot of cases without needing new parts.
I've always found Nikons and Canons easy to work on.

The LCD electronics pass via a contact strip. It's normally rubber with conductive segments moulded in.
Simple disassembly, cleaning and reassembly can fix the issue.

 

[Range-rover]

sc_rufctr How do you go about cleaning that , I'm real handy, no fear! like I said it's only there a certain
times, not all the time.

Range

 

[OddE]

Both wrong.

On the Nikon F3 the LCD display is on the camera body, in front of the focusing screen seat, and not in the viewfinder which is passive

-That's news to me, thanks for setting me straight. (Lucky me have never had that problem on my F3, so the viewfinder has stayed put.)

 

[Range-rover]

I always wanted one, even way back when seeing it at the Nikon House in New York.

Range

 

[sc_rufctr]

sc_rufctr How do you go about cleaning that , I'm real handy, no fear! like I said it's only there a certain
times, not all the time.

Range

You basically have to take it apart and clean it... It's not rocket science.

I bet you find some mould as well.😱

 

[Range-rover]

You basically have to take it apart and clean it... It's not rocket science.

I bet you find some mould as well.😱

Actually I am a rocket scientist.

 

[Gerry M]

The LCD may be fine. There's a strip contact that can be affected by mosture.

Easy fix but how confident are you to tackle this yourself?

I had this happen on an F3. $65 fix at a service center.

 

[Paulbe]

Range-R--nice!
In what part of the industry are you employed?
What sort of "stuff" do work on?
Thanks and congrats--I am not familiar with too many rocket scientists--only one, that I know of...
Paul