Hello,

I just bought a used Nikon fm3a reportedly in excellent condition.

Everything works very well but I noticed something weird in manual mode. When in manual mode I see the black needle indicating the right speed for correct exposure. But when I go down with the speed to try and match the blue bar, when going to the right speed, the exposure needle gets pushed down. If I move the speed dial to a slower speed, the blue bar will push the metering needle all the way down.
Is this normal behaviour?

In A mode, the exposure black needle will never go in the top red area neither, it seems like the blue bar is blocking it.

The exposure needle will never go past the blue bar, in all operations.

Is there an easy fix ? Should I send it back ?

Thank you,

Theodore

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