Nikon FA suddenly broke?
Ok so I just finished a roll of film and I unloaded it out of the camera. I was playing around with the various shutter speeds without any film (I was bored) I undid the back of the camera and noticed that one of the shutter curtains was wonky so I gently prodded it back into place. I then resumed to play around with different shutter speeds but the shutter would not fire at all?! I then tried to advance the "film" but it didn't work?! If my Nikon fa was a computer, I would say that it appears to be frozen. I looked through the view finder and I all could see was black. The LCD screen wasn't working at all. I then took the battery out and placed it back in again. Still not working. I got this camera secondhand from a relative about 2 months ago (they haven't used it in 20 years) I had shot 2 rolls of film but haven't had them developed. My question is: does anyone know what could be wrong with my Nikon fa camera?! I included some pictures of the inside for you to see. Thanks.
Could be that the shutter curtain is damaged. Prodding it yourself would not have done it any good!
Don't attempt any further repairs; take /send it to a Nikon repair centre and get it repaired and serviced. It might cost quite a bit though, so you'll have to decide if it's worth doing.
Rule 1 - NEVER touch the shutter.
OK, now that you have proven that you should not have your hands in the camera, check out these repair sites.
http://www.precisioncamera.com/
http://www.garryscamera.com/