Post by @janeishly@beige.party

2026-07-31 13:17 UTC

Do we have any camera nerds out there? I've got two Nikon 1s (don't snigger, I love them) and they're both unusable at the moment - one has an unpleasantly terminal dark red screen when fired up, the other one objected to me inserting the wireless adapter the other day for the first time in several years and is now insisting that the clock has been reset, but won't let me actually reset it. I haven't got either the money or the desire to replace them (I've got several of the nicer lenses that go with them, for a start), so I'd really like to find some way to repair them, if possible. Any suggestions? I'm in Sweden, if that makes any difference. #Nikon1 #RepairReuseRecycle #Photography #PhotographyCommunity

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@janeishly@beige.party 2026-08-01 09:31

Update on this - I tried various combinations of lenses on each camera (thanks for the suggestion, @stetie@mastodon.social) and have achieved partial success! Turns out that the S2's problem with the red screen was due to that particular lens. The camera is (once I'd worked out how to turn off all the annoying "let me do this for you" prompts) absolutely fine. The S1 is still refusing to let me into the menu. The fact that the lens is fucked is not a problem, it's the standard F11-27.5 lens that comes with the body so I have a spare. And I never use that one anyway as I have a really impressive F30-110 zoom that looks like nothing externally and which is consequently ideal for street photography, a nice prime lens and a very expensive fish eye lens that I've almost never used with these cameras cos I bought it in late 2019... So now all I need to do is work out what I did with the other S2 battery(s) and set up the project I actually wanted my camera for in the first place (taking photos of myself before I take the plunge and start cutting my dreads off!) Unfortunately this would ideally involve inserting the WU-1b wireless adapter that I think killed the S1, so not sure whether to do that or just use the timer and run around a lot!

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@kallekn@mastodonsweden.se 2026-07-31 13:22

@janeishly@beige.party They seem to be available for around 1.000 SEK in good condition. Might be your best bet?

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@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net 2026-07-31 13:33

@janeishly@beige.party usually when i've got a device that constantly resets the clock after a restart, it's because the internal (clock/bios) battery is dead, or won't take a charge from the main battery. i came across this post - it applies to the Nikon 1 V1 - not sure which version you have however: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/threads/nikon-1-v1-stuck-cycling-power-and-displaying-message.4644096/ halfway down are photos of the internal battery. if the camera was left unpowered for a long time, the internal battery might have degraded so much that it will not recharge anymore.

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