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D3 FEE problem
Josh Peckler, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Nairobi | Kenya | | Posted: 2:33 PM on 02.05.10 |
->> While shooting today, I got the dreaded FEE message on my D3.
The funny thing is that the lens still focuses, but I can't shoot any frames.
I was using a Nikon 28-70 2.8 and tried another lens but got the same problem. I cleaned the contact points and had no luck as well.
I am located in Kenya, so I am not sure if there is anywhere to even take the body if there is a problem.
Has anyone else had this problem with their D3 and what did you do?
Thanks Josh |
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Joshua Duplechian, Photographer
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Denver | CO | USA | Posted: 2:42 PM on 02.05.10 |
->> Josh, put the aperture ring back to f/22 or wherever the orange number would be. Hope this helps.
JD |
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Bryan Hulse, Photographer
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Nashville | Tn | USA | Posted: 4:22 PM on 02.05.10 |
->> Yes, the aperture ring must be in the f22 position, and be sure it's locked. Although if you tried it on another lens, this might not be the problem.
I once rode my mountain bike almost 20 miles to get some pictures of wild flowers and had this problem, and found the lens aperture ring became unlocked and it slipped. Of course, I didn't figure that out until I got back home with no pictures.
Another possibility: I occasionally had this problem on my old D100 with a certain lens. For some reason, the lens mount was a little loose. I put a TINY piece of gaffers tape inside the lens mount to tighten that particular lens, and the problem went away. |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 5:04 PM on 02.05.10 |
| ->> Josh there should be a plastic tab that engages the aperture tab on manual and non-chipped lenses. I just looked on a f100 paperweight and the tab is just under the lower case 'n' in Nikon. Sometimes that tab and ring get bent in the heat of battling lenses on and off a body. If that ring isn't back to 'zero' the camera will assume that your lens isn't stopped down all the way. |
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Rick Tucker, Photographer
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Kearney | Ne | USA | Posted: 6:04 PM on 02.05.10 |
| ->> Josh I had the same problem on my D3 hope it is not your shutter this happen to me while covering a high school football game only after using my D3 for 6 months lucky it was covered by NPS best wishes and good luck. |
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Josh Peckler, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Nairobi | Kenya | | Posted: 11:22 PM on 02.05.10 |
->> I don't think it is the aperture ring because it is locked at F/22 and i tried another lens and got the same problem.
It will however fire without a lens on it, so I am still not sure what exactly what is wrong.
I hope it is not the shutter.
Rick what was wrong with your shutter that it needed to be fixed? |
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Josh Peckler, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Nairobi | Kenya | | Posted: 11:41 PM on 02.05.10 |
->> Alright I just tried my 70-200 which is a G lens and it worked perfectly fine on my D3.
I also put my 28-70 on my d300 and it worked perfectly fine.
It seems that the D3 will not work with any non G lens.
I am very confused about why. Is there something inside the D3 body that works with non G lens besides the aperture ring.
Thanks Josh |
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Yamil Sued, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Peoria | AZ | USA | Posted: 12:01 AM on 02.06.10 |
->> Try something, do a Hard Reset of all Camera settings.
I find that sometimes doing a Hard Reset solves all my problems, then start from scratch again!!
Y |
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Scott Schupbach, Photographer
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Fenton | MI | U.S.A. | Posted: 8:10 AM on 02.06.10 |
| ->> Josh, I had the same problem with my D3. I got the FEE error code when I mounted the 28-70, 17-35, and 400/2.8 AFS ll.The only lens that it would work with was the 70-200/2.8 VR.Any G lens was fine on it.It requires a trip to Nikon or a Nikon repair center, no other way around it. |
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John Vanacore, Photographer
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North Haven | CT | | Posted: 11:17 PM on 02.06.10 |
| ->> Did you try cleaning the contacts on the lens and camera with a good electronic contact cleaner? |
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Josh Peckler, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Nairobi | Kenya | | Posted: 11:24 PM on 02.06.10 |
->> John,
Yes I did and had no luck.
I just contacted a member in South Africa Nikon services there.
Hopefully they can help me out and will be cheaper than sending it back to the States to get fixed.
I think the only Nikon authorized repair centers in Africa are in South Africa, unless I am wrong, but hopefully it will all work out. |
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Dan Megna, Photographer
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Coronado | CA | USA | Posted: 11:27 AM on 02.07.10 |
->> Well, I had a similar experience last weekend. I was shooting at CH when suddenly the camera went to shooting only a single frame, the rear display showed a black "image" and 'FEE' or something similar was flashing on the top deck display. Come to find out, the shutter failed. Nikon estimates the repair, parts and labor, will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $800.00.
I chalk it up to the price of doin' business. Its the first failure I've had with a Nikon body. |
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Rick Tucker, Photographer
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Kearney | Ne | USA | Posted: 2:24 PM on 02.07.10 |
| ->> Josh just getting back to you. The same problem that happened to Dan happened to me also, the FEE was flashing on the display, I called NPS to have the camera serviced It turned out to be my shutter had failed this happed while I was covering a high school football game. This was my seconed game of the night in a town 30 miles from the first game that I had covered . Lucky the camera failed after the second series of plays I was able to get a good image for the paper. Also the camera was 6 month old and still under warinty by Nikon. Best Wishes Rick. |
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