D70 - out of action

[Linda Brandon]

Originally Posted by Mike McCarty

This is when he came out with the fiber and dirty picture thing.

About the dirty picture thing: my understanding is that it isn't really a rule, it's just a suggested guideline.

[Mike McCarty]

As I reported above, my D70 is kaput. I have further news in this regard.

I discovered a nice little retail art supply store in Englewood, Florida. I noticed that the owner had a D70 on a tripod and began to tell him about my tribulations. He said that he has owned three of them and two of them had already been returned to the factory for the same problems that I had experienced. That's four D70's that I know of in a twenty mile radius of where I live.

Also, while searching their web site, www.Nikonusa.com, for any relevant information, I noticed that they have a recall on the battery: EN-EL3, which was supplied with my D70, as well as the D50 and D100. You might want to check the site and see if the serial numbers match what you have.

I have a new service number that I'm going to try tomorrow: 1-800-645-6678

[Tom Edgerton]

Mike--

Thanks for the heads up on the battery. Nice that you only find out when you visit the Nikon website by accident, since the reason for the "voluntary" recall is that the !@#$%^&*(!@#! batteries apparently overheat and MELT!

They instruct you to remove it and send it in, and not put it back in the camera. They'll send a replacement, but you still have to return it via UPS.

If you hadn't flagged it, I guess Nikon wouldn't have informed me, letting me happily discover it when it destroyed the camera and fried my paw. This is my first Nikon. I expected better from these guys.

Now about the other thing....can I eat the fiber and still look at the dirty pictures, or are they linked?

Hoping for a loophole--TE

[Allan Rahbek]

Thanks Mike for the link.
I guess my number is not up, though pretty close, 46 AB
Allan

[Mike McCarty]

And yet another twist of the fiber ...

Yesterday I was diddling with my camera in hopes of squeezing out one more image of a painting. It led me down a path of false hope for about an hour and a half before the whole thing just quit. When I turned it off and back on it would not respond at all. And, the little green light in the back of the camera began to blink.

So, today I called the service number that I posted above. After about 15 min. of hold time a Cal. surfer dude answered. I told him of my troubles and asked if he could help. He said that if the little green light on the back was blinking the camera had gone into a cardiac arrest and the light was indicating that the camera was under a "service advisory." This self induced condition was indicating that whatever was wrong with the camera, they would fix it for no charge.

What a splendid turn of events for me. Had I not held on to the camera for a couple of weeks, instead of firing it off right away for repair, I would never have known of the little green blinking light, and the "we'll fix it for free" condition that it brought about.

I'm still skeptable (as my daughter used to say). I told him that it was just out of warranty but it didn't seem to matter to him. I hope this Cal dude hadn't just enjoyed a snort of Maui Wowy before answering the phone.

I was instructed to ship the camera to (depending on which state you live in):

Nikon, Inc.
attn: Service repair
1300 Walt Whitman Rd.
Melville (Herman, no doubt), NY. 11747

Including a letter telling of my troubles and that the camera was under a "service advisory."

Tom:

My understanding is that you can look at the dirty pictures only while munching fiber. I picked up a gross of power bars at the grocery, and except for the constant lower g. i. pains, I feel fine.

[Tom Edgerton]

Mike--

This IS good news--your research and perseverance apparently paid off.

Which little green light????? The one next to the memory card door?

(I'll check for your reply after I get back from the supermarket...and the newsstand.)

--TE

[Jean Kelly]

Hi Mike,

I've been watching this thread with interest as I had picked out the D50 as my next camera, hopefully within the next month. What do you suggest I do? Should I make a switch to the Canon Rebel, frankly I'm very leery of melting batteries.

Jean