Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:22 pm
Owned a 300D, 20D and 30D. Never had any problem with any aside from Err20 on the 20D. I use my kit pretty intensively in ardous conditions too.
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gstark wrote: Try dropping your camera ... say from a height of four feet, onto a concrete floor. Please tell me what your expected outcome is before you do this.
And no, I won't pay for any repairs. I know: I'm no fun. But then, I'm not a fungi.
brianrsmith wrote:please some feedback ,on new 150-500 sigma lens.
leek wrote:My D700 just came back from the doctor... and seems to be almost like new
Unfortunately it got hit by a freak wave in Feb, and as much as I dried it off immediately, the sea water managed to penetrate and got hold...
It took 6 months, but it finally corroded a vital area, and my camera stopped working completely...
Whilst the D700 is weather sealed, it doesn't stop sea water corroding all the bits it can... all the connectors and screw holes corroded, but the thing that finally killed it was the corrosion to the lens ring... it wasn't making good contact with the lens any more so I kept getting an intermittent Fee error... It got less and less intermittent until I had no other option to take it into Nikon...
It wasn't a cheap repair, but hopefully it'll see me thru until the D700 successor comes out
IF your camera ever has contact with sea water, I'd recommend swabbing it down with fresh water to reduce the damage...
Lesson Learnt...
Rooz wrote:leek wrote:My D700 just came back from the doctor... and seems to be almost like new
Unfortunately it got hit by a freak wave in Feb, and as much as I dried it off immediately, the sea water managed to penetrate and got hold...
It took 6 months, but it finally corroded a vital area, and my camera stopped working completely...
Whilst the D700 is weather sealed, it doesn't stop sea water corroding all the bits it can... all the connectors and screw holes corroded, but the thing that finally killed it was the corrosion to the lens ring... it wasn't making good contact with the lens any more so I kept getting an intermittent Fee error... It got less and less intermittent until I had no other option to take it into Nikon...
It wasn't a cheap repair, but hopefully it'll see me thru until the D700 successor comes out
IF your camera ever has contact with sea water, I'd recommend swabbing it down with fresh water to reduce the damage...
Lesson Learnt...
sounds very familiar...mine is still going almost a year after i dropped it in the saltwater. just waiting for that day that it doesnt operate anymore. nikon laughed when i asked if it could be fixed. the only thing that isnt working is the aperture ring.