Nikon D70 failed and continuous blinking of CF light
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slacker123
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my d70 just failed 2 hours ago as well. CF light blinking. Hit the menu button and the screen lights up for just a second. And then goes off. No display in the LCD. Nothing. The batteries are original fresh nikon batteries.
I have the dubious honor of being the first person to send a D70 in singapore for servicing. I bought my camera on the very first day of the release of the D70. I queued 2 hours before the sale started to get my camera. The next day I was at Nikon customer service support at Shiroro. The DOWN button in my 4 way controller pad did not work. OUT OF THE BOX.
Sent it for repair. Got it back. The thing STILL DID NOT WORK. Changed the whole entire circuit board. Finally it worked. Brand new camera spent 1 hour in my hand and 7 days in the workshop. Fantastic man. My D70 locked up on me 3 times when I was in the midst of important shooting assignments. Imagine missing the kiss of the bride and the groom. Imagine missing the shot of the champions hoisting up their trophy. Imagine mising the shot of the touchdown.
I am very disappointed. This is really the last straw. I am dumping Nikon once and for all and going to Canon. Sorry. At the same time, I guess there are more than enough push factors for me. No options for a mid end camera like a D200 in sight. Noisy and slow focusing primes (EVEN THE 85 f/1.4????) and just plain crass viewfinder and autofocus. This is the kick to the bucket for me.
I have the dubious honor of being the first person to send a D70 in singapore for servicing. I bought my camera on the very first day of the release of the D70. I queued 2 hours before the sale started to get my camera. The next day I was at Nikon customer service support at Shiroro. The DOWN button in my 4 way controller pad did not work. OUT OF THE BOX.
Sent it for repair. Got it back. The thing STILL DID NOT WORK. Changed the whole entire circuit board. Finally it worked. Brand new camera spent 1 hour in my hand and 7 days in the workshop. Fantastic man. My D70 locked up on me 3 times when I was in the midst of important shooting assignments. Imagine missing the kiss of the bride and the groom. Imagine missing the shot of the champions hoisting up their trophy. Imagine mising the shot of the touchdown.
I am very disappointed. This is really the last straw. I am dumping Nikon once and for all and going to Canon. Sorry. At the same time, I guess there are more than enough push factors for me. No options for a mid end camera like a D200 in sight. Noisy and slow focusing primes (EVEN THE 85 f/1.4????) and just plain crass viewfinder and autofocus. This is the kick to the bucket for me.
my d70 died last night with the continous blinking nite. so i took out the CF card, leave the battery in and placed it inside the dry box.
this morning, the -E- symbol appeared. I was happy (for a while), i put i na CF Card , reset teh camera (press the little reset button at the bottom), and everything seems to work. 5 mins later it went dead again, with no display on the LCD near the ON/OFF button.
the last i used the camera was on last sunday after that i put it into my dry box. I didnt drop it or what. ;( so it is really SUDDEN DEATH! i dun think it is a conicidence that quite of few of us have the camera died on us these 2 days. Time Trigger fault?
now i only hope Nikon will repair it FOC !
this morning, the -E- symbol appeared. I was happy (for a while), i put i na CF Card , reset teh camera (press the little reset button at the bottom), and everything seems to work. 5 mins later it went dead again, with no display on the LCD near the ON/OFF button.
the last i used the camera was on last sunday after that i put it into my dry box. I didnt drop it or what. ;( so it is really SUDDEN DEATH! i dun think it is a conicidence that quite of few of us have the camera died on us these 2 days. Time Trigger fault?
now i only hope Nikon will repair it FOC !
slacker123
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best thing is that my warranty expired yesterday. and I got o thailand for a holiday tomorrow. Very nicely done Nikon!
The Dark Side is corruptible. Time to get enlightened!
The Dark Side is corruptible. Time to get enlightened!
for emphasis, reposting an item from the earlier pages. read it and it is extremely useful
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=12100325
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=12100325
..... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: for Nikon 
nightpiper
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WAh!! this thread still so active!! :bigeyes: the activeness of this thread shud tell u something already. looks like Nikon has some improvement to do & hopefull the 'S' suffix DSLR has it sorted out.
i think the moderators in this forum shud make this thread a sticky, at least until D70 is totally out of production. what do u think, mod?
i think the moderators in this forum shud make this thread a sticky, at least until D70 is totally out of production. what do u think, mod?
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