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| Thread ID: 51953 | 2004-12-05 21:31:00 | Repairing digital cam - pricey? | nomad (3693) | Press F1 |
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| 299723 | 2004-12-05 21:31:00 | Hi, I have a foreign bought Nikon D70 a digital SLR. Can someone give me a bottom price to expect? Given its in some ways similar to the computer industry. I could ship to Nikon NZ in Auckland but they have an inspection cost, but if the repair bill proves expensive then its no point paying for a price and then resorting to another route. What happen is, if I use wide apertures I get black shots, maybe on each 2nd photo, sometimes on every photo. If I use narrower aperture its all fine. I shot RAW and tried overexposing the photos on the computer, I got nothing, it was still all black... Like blank shots but recorded on mem card. Also the first week I had it, I thought it was me, AF would not work occasionally, also occasionaly but not seen recently but if I took like 50 shots the camera would lock up saying"err", the mirror would lock up too, I turn off and back on and the cam goes via 2 shots continous to offset the mirror back in place, then its fine. One one occasion I aslo saw the viewfinder, the middle tot he right side at the "top" I saw light flashes at the sides of the viewfinder, as if light was coming in as the shutter went off and faded as the shutter closed. I am aware that some issues perhaps is the nikkor lense aperture not locked down or changing stuff when powered off. I can confirm its none of these. It also happens on other memory cards as well and on all my lenses. I have a few methods, sent by courier to and back from Japan. Fix here and pay, or fly to JP and fix it which in a way is not too bad as I am getting the cam repaired for free but I get to enjoy the things i pay for. I bought the cam within 2 weeks of worldwide sale date. Unfortunately most digital equipment these days don't cater intl warranties anymore. Regards |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 299724 | 2004-12-05 21:52:00 | Well sounds similar to mine . BUT mines just a creative 3mp . The screen is dead with batteries (even tho theyre fully charged), BUT USB works fine . Pretty stupid huh lol . . After 10 or so emails, Creative Asia (even tho the receipt says the warranty has expired) they thought otherwise . Then after I told them, it was dead (I emailed the receipt), they thought about it . And then they said YES the warranty is OVER (Which I told them in the first place) . In the end, they said if I pay for the camera to go back to Singapore for replacement . They'll pay for it coming back . If it's as bad as when I sent the CPU that was replaced in this (which thankfully, I didnt pay for, Intel did), that was about 300+ bucks! About the same price as the CPU . I have to do the same thing . I think it'd be cheaper, if I sent it normal post lol . I dont think I'm going to pay 100-200 just for a courier, to send it back to its place of origin . . . . I would just get another cheaper cam . |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 299725 | 2004-12-06 01:35:00 | How long have you had it nomad? Any practical advice that could be offered revolves around that piece of information. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 299726 | 2004-12-06 03:15:00 | I see there is an upgrade to the firmware in the camera which was released at the end of July. It might not be intended to fix your problem, but perhaps just loading the upgraded firmware might fix it. :D "nikon d70 firmware" to Google will find the download sites, and various forums with discussion. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 299727 | 2004-12-06 04:37:00 | I bought it in Japan, Sapporo City the north cold part of JP. Bought at 9 April 2004. Warranty is one yr only in JP. Yup, I got the firmware, had it yonks ago like in July. Somethings telling me it may be pricey ?:| |
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