I've stored my Nikon F65 in its camera bag for quite sometime now and recently when i opened the bag to check on it i discovered that the rubber pieces on the camera had become sticky. prior to storing my camera i made sure that it was carefully cleaned and dry. what could be the cause? and how do i solve it?
The best and cheapest way I have found is to use 91% isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol...put a little on a paper towel, cloth, or cotton swab and rub the stick stuff off. I would also suggest putting on rubber gloves to keep the black stuff off your hands. Have fun.
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heat, moisture,solvents and age will cause the material to become sticky. the like rubber material is easy to replace. it just peals off and the new material has glue ( covered with clear plastic ) already on it. try nikon parts i think the parts are still available.
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You're on the right track with oxidation. Try cleaning the contacts in the body and on the lens with contact cleaner, and let it dry. Remove the battery, and clean the contacts inside the camera.
This sounds like the zoom ring has had a knock somehow and it is no longer free to rotate. I think it is too early to be wearing out. Either way I suggest you have it inspected by a camera repair shop as it will only become worse over time.
Odd this is the second Nikon F65 for me to write on in the last five minutes.
Here is a link to a film page about half way down there will be two links for the PDF file for the manual. Yes the man is looking for $3.00 and if you are generous you can pay him most don't
When you get your film processed, you can request that they be put on a CD. The CD can then be read on a computer and you can do whatever you wish with the photos. For existing photos, you can also have the negatives scanned and put on a CD. If you only have prints, they can also be scanned but the quality will suffer.
When I get film processed from my Nikon 35mm SLRs, I ask for only the CD and no prints. This only costs me $2, and I can choose which pictures I want printed--after doing whatever photo editing I want.
Any camera store can do this for you, as can many department and electronic stores.
The F65 is a film camera. You must get the film processed before you can see any pictures. If you have the setup yourself, you can develop the film. Otherwise, take the film to a photo processing lab (any camera store and many department stores, drugstores, and supermarkets either have them or have access to one) and get it processed. If you're shooting negative film, you can get prints. If you're shooting slide film, you can get slides. Either way, you can also request a CD containing the digitized images.
Again, the F65 is a film camera. The camera can't show you the images it has taken.
Find some methanol. The local hardware store should have some in the paint section. Use paper towels and wipe, wipe, wipe....
Soak and lightly rub an area for 10 seconds or so, then use a dry section of towel to wipe and mop up any goo that has been solved. You may not see much improvement at first, keep at it. It took me nearly an hour to get mine completely clean of all goo and residue.
Take care not to splash the meth/goo mix onto the optics, shutter, etc. Once the solvent alcohol evaporates, any dissolved glop will precipitate out and muck things up.
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