Results of Nikon DP-11 meter repair

[xenotar28]

If any of you have a Nikon F2 series camera with a dead or busted meter, there is a gentleman in Utah who specializes in reviving them. Mine just returned and I am pleased as punch. My F2A  is ready to ride the trails once more. This is what Robert did:

George,
I have repaired your Nikon F2A and will ship it back to you.  The meter needed a new glass prism.  The old one was knocked out of whack so the exposure information could not be viewed in the viewfinder.  I replaced the prism with a good one so it works now.  I also repaired the sliding tab of the AI system.  The tab connects to the lens aperture.  The tab was sticking in the places so I repaired it.  I then calibrated the meter.
Now it works like new and is accurate.  I installed a new battery in the camera so it will work right out of the box.
Please email me when it arrives.
thanks,
Robert Decker

I recommend his work very highly. It cost me $100 and it was worth it to get back an old favorite in full battle gear.  his email is: Drwyn@aol.com  

GAB

[head zoo keeper]

Good to know thanks, xenotar28. In the back on my mind, I've been worried about when my DP-12 was gonna need repairs. There's another guy, Sover Wong, who does repairs but I think he's in the UK so good to know of someone in the States, too.

[Mike Kovacs]

Robert's website has a lot of good info from the repair perspective too.  Between that and some other info I dug-up from the web, I easily repaired a Nikon FTn head from a Nikon F.

http://hometown.aol.com/drwyn/myhomepage/

[xenotar28]

Robert's website has a lot of good info from the repair perspective too. Between that and some other info I dug-up from the web, I easily repaired a Nikon FTn head from a Nikon F.

I am from the sledge hammer and crowbar school of camera repair. Therefore, I respectfully defer to both yours,  and Robert's skills. :lol:

[Mike Kovacs]

Exactly which type of aircraft armnaments does one fix with a sledgehammer?  You wouldn't catch me whacking the detonator of a MK-84 iron bomb with a hammer  

Hope you weren't playing with the WWII surplus stuff they tried to use up in Desert Storm.  Heard that they had some unplanned detonations with those...