Calibrating shutter speed

vikaskau · 29th October 2004

Hello All,

I just had my Nikon F3 inspected by a technician and he said that the shutter speeds faster than 1/250 were off by half a stop. The price he quoted for repair was kinda on the higher side.

Do you think a difference of half a stop will affect the photos badly?

Thanks for all the answers.

espn · 29th October 2004

Wait.. half stop up or half stop down? If it's up your images will be under, if it's down your images will be over.

calibration is expensive, but you'll need it.

bcoolboy · 29th October 2004

HI Vikaskau,

Now that you know that your shutter speed is off by 0.5 stop for speeds above 1/250sec (I'll assume under), then why not just compensate instead of having your camera fixed? Maybe do some brackets first to try to see whether his diagnosis is correct. If you find that your camera does consistently shoot 0.5 under (or over) above 1/250, then just compensate.

cheers,
bcoolboy

cheers,
bcoolboy

29th October 2004	#1
vikaskau New Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1	Calibrating shutter speed Hello All, I just had my Nikon F3 inspected by a technician and he said that the shutter speeds faster than 1/250 were off by half a stop. The price he quoted for repair was kinda on the higher side. Do you think a difference of half a stop will affect the photos badly? Thanks for all the answers.

29th October 2004	#3
bcoolboy Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 136	HI Vikaskau, Now that you know that your shutter speed is off by 0.5 stop for speeds above 1/250sec (I'll assume under), then why not just compensate instead of having your camera fixed? Maybe do some brackets first to try to see whether his diagnosis is correct. If you find that your camera does consistently shoot 0.5 under (or over) above 1/250, then just compensate. cheers, bcoolboy cheers, bcoolboy Last edited by bcoolboy; 29th October 2004 at 02:43 PM.

29th October 2004	#2
espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	Wait.. half stop up or half stop down? If it's up your images will be under, if it's down your images will be over. calibration is expensive, but you'll need it.