People have reported that loose screws on the bottom plate can cause
intermittant problems. If it is black, John recommends using silver
battery caps. Check out the battery compartment for corrosion or a
bent spring. It really sounds like a poor connection somewhere.
Good luck,
-jeff
On 11/15/06, Manuel Viet <oly@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a 2n that I don't use much (I prefer the 1md), and moreover it has the
> bad habit of locking up from time to time, needing a reset and a blank
> winding to save the unexposed frame (I'd say... once in 50 shot, but sometime
> 3 time in a row, and sometime after 100 blank shoot). Of course, this is a
> vicious circle, because I don't really appreciate it to fail on me, so I tend
> not to use it a lot because of that too, keeping it strictly as a rear cap
> and ultimate backup.
>
> What bothers me is that the led lights a beautiful steady red when asked,
> hence my question : what fails first, the batteries or the test ? My
> voltmeter says those epx76 are 1.56 V each, alone, outside the body. To my
> little knowledge, it doesn't sound too bad...
>
> I noticed the symptom is aggravated if I use the 2n on manual, and especially
> in manual at high speeds (1/500 ~ 1/1000). Is it carateristic of a failure of
> something else (the body was bought as BER in a shop for parts, but I thought
> I was lucky when it reseted all right on those batteries) ?
>
> --
> Manuel Viet
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