I spent 3 hours last Sunday wrestling with a sluggish shutter on my Nikon F. Everyone online just says 'use lighter fluid and exercise it'. Well, I tried that for an hour and it still stuck at 1/500. I finally had to take the whole front plate off, clean the curtain track with Q-tips, and it took another 90 minutes to get it back together. Has anyone else had to go that deep just to fix a simple sticky shutter?
Was browsing a camera repair blog last night and stumbled on a post about CLA stats. Turns out a lot of mechanical Nikons from the 70s run slow after 40 years without service. I checked mine with a phone app and sure enough, the 1/1000 setting is actually clicking at 1/500. Kinda explains why my sunny day shots have been overexposed. Anyone else test their gear and find a surprise like this?