D70 Deathbed (well..knocking at the door anyway!)

[beetleboy]

Ok, I seriously think my D70 is on it's last legs. The viewfinder issue is worsening, my manual focus issues have turned into auto-back-focus and my cam is randomly corrupting images on multiple memory cards!! Yay!

I think it's only a matter of time before it kicks the bucket..

And yes, if you all think I'm crying out for sympathy, you're right! I am!

A worried Liam

[Zeeke]

doesnt sound good Liam.. my cam seems to be corrupting memory cards.. but only transcend... no idea why tho..

hope things work out for you

Tim

[digitor]

Looks like your mirror's come adrift - but why the cards are getting corrupted seems unrelated to me!

Maybe it's D200 time......

Cheers

[beetleboy]

Digitor, i also think it has something to do with the mirror but I took it all apart the other night and it seems to be sitting where it should be. I also popped the matte screen out to see if maybe the pentaprism had moved or was loose - no luck there either. Was very tempted to wedge something under the mirror to see if that would fix it but all the solutions I came up with would have ended in shutter breakage of one kind or another!!

RE the D200, I'm yearning! Have one on order!

[Marvin]

Time to accidentally drop it methinks!

[beetleboy]

Yup..pay up on insurance and "whoops! dropped it!"

I was planning on the D70 being my backup for my D200 but at this rate it's not going to be a very reliable backup!

[Jonesy]

Maybe its a good excuse to get the D200 as have it as your "backup"

[wendellt]

Liam sorry to hear the bad news

perhaps it's time to ask your studio mentors to lend you their Mamiya

if it makes you feel any better my d2x is on it's last legs, but it's lived well

[Matt. K]

wendellt
Your d2X is on its last legs!!!!They are indestructible It's not designed for knocking hubcaps off wheels.

[beetleboy]

Holy crap? You've killed a D2X? Good work!!!!

The Mamiya is tempting, not the most portable of outfits tho and you can only squeeze a couple of dozen RAWs on a 1Gb CF card!

[elffinarts]

oddly my D70 is performing better now with autofocus than when I first bought it... that I cannot figure out.
image corruption and regular [ERR] messages using my Transend cards is bugging me no end.
Way past D200 time here too.

Wendell, how in the HELL did you break a D2X?