Can I operate a Nikon N65 with a dead battery?

Is it possible to operate Nikon N65 with a "dead" battery? When I turn
it on, i see the dead battery icon, but also the LED indicators light
up, so something must be alive in there. I've taken the lens (Nikkor AF
28-80) off of autofocusm an the outer ring will adjust, but perhaps this
is a macro function or something becuase it never brings infinity into
focus. I don't have the manual handy... Nikon doesn't seem to have one
online, which is strange. And the 800 number is off for the weekend.

 

Nope. The N65 can't do diddly-squat without batteries.

Ones that can: the classic FM2(n) or FM, both discontinued, and currently
succeeded by the FM3A. It will operate at all shutter speeds without
batteries, although of course the light meter won't work.

By the way, you can get the N65's manual (called the F65 in other countries
and at this link) here:

http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID5/1135.html

LRH

 

The dead battery icon is telling you the batteries voltage has nearly
dropped to a point where the camera can not function properly and the power
monitoring circuitry inside the camera will stop the camera functioning
(shut it down) before the camera starts to behave erratically due to the low
voltage.

If the battery was truly dead, the camera would not turn on.

I'm not familiar with your lens, but some lenses have a limit switch to keep
the lens in or out of macro mode so the AF won't have to hunt as long.
Perhaps that is why you can't focus to infinity.

John

 

OK, thanks to both of you. The manual link is a great help too.