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The CCD in my Coolpix 5700 has just shat itself, I switched the camera on and got coloured lines running down the screen. I dropped it into Nikon Oz service and it will take 3-4 weeks to fix, the only bright note being it's a freebie as it's a known fault. What with the D70s needing a new shutter last month after only 2k actuations I'm not very happy with Nikon.

Welcome to the world of consumer electronics!

It seems that others have all of the bad luck with cameras. I have 7 Nikon bodies (and one Canon) and have not had a single issue. Same for other photographic gear... I did have a CP5700 go on me three years back, but that was my own fault.

But computers.... I have had a lousy run with everything that has had anything but an Intel chipset. In the past couple of months I have had four workstations (that is all of them) go south - two have been repaired twice.
I have a few weeks (due to the rain) to yank all of the motherboards and processors and replace it with gear that I trust... and then reinstall OSes and software.

Cheers