Nikon F801

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Anyone know this camera, not used it for a while and it has popped up into rotation to give a whirl, when I came to load a roll of film got the "E" message and it would not advance and load.
 
Just guessing..new batteries or clean all battery contacts?
 
excalibur2 said:
Just guessing..new batteries or clean all battery contacts?
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fully charged set of new re-chargables,

One corner of the holder looks a bit high but camera powers up shows full battery at indicator
 
Nikon F801?

If you click the shutter when no film is loaded does it sound like the advance is working?

If so then the film has not caught on the roller and hence fails to load.

If the film is far enough across and is not being taken up then it could be the motor has failed.
 
Another guess:- If you haven't set the lens for using shutter priority (using shutter priority) you'll get an error e or ee....... IIRC I had that problem on my F4.
 
Knikki said:
Nikon F801?

If you click the shutter when no film is loaded does it sound like the advance is working?

If so then the film has not caught on the roller and hence fails to load.

If the film is far enough across and is not being taken up then it could be the motor has failed.
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No sound when I press the button just the "E"
 
Barney said:
No sound when I press the button just the "E"
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Well just done. Google and found this, whether it fixes the issue I've no idea

Rewind/Advance Issues: The camera may fail to advance the film, often displaying 'E' in the right-hand corner. Try pressing the [Mode and Drive buttons] together to reset the camera
 
Knikki said:
Well just done. Google and found this, whether it fixes the issue I've no idea

Rewind/Advance Issues: The camera may fail to advance the film, often displaying 'E' in the right-hand corner. Try pressing the [Mode and Drive buttons] together to reset the camera
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Is that with Film in Nick or just a general reset?

Thanks for trying to help mate !
 
No Joy there sadly.

:(
 
I have given up,

Just bought a VGC condition F601 boxed, even got the little flash shoe cover in (always a good sign) £16. Some films are more expensive.

The camera would be more popular if it took AA batteries rather than the £6 ones.
 
Nikon photographer said:
It's not the battery door that fails,but the film door,but Nikon did a modification on many of them.
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Thanks Geoff

Noted

I am usually pretty careful with the doors etc on the old cameras, brittle plastics etc.
 
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