D2x Lock Up

jamesong · 10th May 2005

One user in USA has experience his D2x lock up and the Service Centre got no idea what is wrong.

If you are going for an important shoot, better bring one backup body.

See below:

"I talked to a couple of folks at Nikon today & none of them have heard of
the problem u've encountered.

Speculation is that the camera is a computer & computers hick-cup from time
to time. U did the right thing but there is probably no point in sending it
in for a repair at this time because if they can't replicate the problem
they will just send it back to u...a general waste of time.

I guess u should hope for either no further problems or catastrophic
failure.

So.................... Good luck !

Butch Housman
www.housmanphoto.com
606-549-2181

----- Original Message -----
From: <charles.tait@...>
To: <Nikkor_Lenses@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:56 AM
Subject: Nikkor: D2X mysterious lockup

> Whilst doing shots at my sons wedding I experienced a crash/lockup on the
> D2X. I have changed to the 70-180 lens and back to the 17-55 which would
> not autofocus ot link to the flash. After taking out the battery and
> waiting a few minutes it came alive again. Weird and vaguely scary.
>
> Has anyone else experienced something like this. Battery was fine and I
> have had no other problems with camera or lenses "

Ansel · 10th May 2005

James, thanks for sharing this info.

Someone mentioned to me that we should look at a DSLR as a computer, not a camera. If your computer can hang up once in a while so will your DSLR. When they hang up, we just re-boot, or in the case of the poor guy you mentioned, he just removes and re-insert the battery to get it working again. And, luckily, like a computer, you may be able to do a software(firmware) patch to fix the particular problem in the near future, hopefully soon.

I agree with your advice that a backup body is a good and wise practice for professionals in the field.

surge · 10th May 2005

aything that is electronic is prone to such issues. the more compact the circuitry the more likely such things will happen. even handphones are known to hang from time to time. with everything so tightly pack together all you need is a drop of water to condense on some parts and is enough to short it until the drop dries up

ahbeng · 10th May 2005

Originally Posted by surge

aything that is electronic is prone to such issues. the more compact the circuitry the more likely such things will happen. even handphones are known to hang from time to time. with everything so tightly pack together all you need is a drop of water to condense on some parts and is enough to short it until the drop dries up

so what do you suggest? acccept the failure or change to another more reliable brand?

agape01 · 10th May 2005

Quote:

so what do you suggest? acccept the failure or change to another more reliable brand?

Well... unless you have a lot of money, then we can all go over to the C brand. But more often than not, it is better to accept the failure and work round the problem than spending money unnecessarily.

AJ23 · 10th May 2005

Originally Posted by agape01

Well... unless you have a lot of money, then we can all go over to the C brand. But more often than not, it is better to accept the failure and work round the problem than spending money unnecessarily.

C brand? LOL.

Watcher · 10th May 2005

Originally Posted by agape01

Well... unless you have a lot of money, then we can all go over to the C brand. But more often than not, it is better to accept the failure and work round the problem than spending money unnecessarily.

Go over? Are they immune to such things? I thought the whole plethora of patches for the cameras' firmware including one that rendered it dead show more danger, rather than less...

obviousdude · 11th May 2005

Originally Posted by ahbeng

so what do you suggest? acccept the failure or change to another more reliable brand?

you're definitely free to change. and then change again and again until there are no more "reliable" brands.

Kho King · 11th May 2005

Originally Posted by ahbeng

so what do you suggest? acccept the failure or change to another more reliable brand?

any suggestion? more reliable doesn't mean 100% perfect, so still no point changing.

nah..I will not be able to afford any of the reliable camera in many years time...

agape01 · 11th May 2005

That is my point. Just because of this one system failure people are unhappy with the item that they have purchased and want to try another brand.

This thing almost happened in DPreview a number of times when some users found the RAW file processing so labourous that they almost went over to the other boat.

10th May 2005	#1
jamesong Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 311	D2x Lock Up One user in USA has experience his D2x lock up and the Service Centre got no idea what is wrong. If you are going for an important shoot, better bring one backup body. See below: "I talked to a couple of folks at Nikon today & none of them have heard of the problem u've encountered. Speculation is that the camera is a computer & computers hick-cup from time to time. U did the right thing but there is probably no point in sending it in for a repair at this time because if they can't replicate the problem they will just send it back to u...a general waste of time. I guess u should hope for either no further problems or catastrophic failure. So.................... Good luck ! Butch Housman www.housmanphoto.com 606-549-2181 ----- Original Message ----- From: <charles.tait@...> To: <Nikkor_Lenses@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:56 AM Subject: Nikkor: D2X mysterious lockup > Whilst doing shots at my sons wedding I experienced a crash/lockup on the > D2X. I have changed to the 70-180 lens and back to the 17-55 which would > not autofocus ot link to the flash. After taking out the battery and > waiting a few minutes it came alive again. Weird and vaguely scary. > > Has anyone else experienced something like this. Battery was fine and I > have had no other problems with camera or lenses "

10th May 2005	#2
Ansel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Land Downunder Posts: 2,069	James, thanks for sharing this info. Someone mentioned to me that we should look at a DSLR as a computer, not a camera. If your computer can hang up once in a while so will your DSLR. When they hang up, we just re-boot, or in the case of the poor guy you mentioned, he just removes and re-insert the battery to get it working again. And, luckily, like a computer, you may be able to do a software(firmware) patch to fix the particular problem in the near future, hopefully soon. I agree with your advice that a backup body is a good and wise practice for professionals in the field.

10th May 2005	#3
surge Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: north Posts: 1,247	aything that is electronic is prone to such issues. the more compact the circuitry the more likely such things will happen. even handphones are known to hang from time to time. with everything so tightly pack together all you need is a drop of water to condense on some parts and is enough to short it until the drop dries up

11th May 2005	#10
agape01 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Somewhere Out There Posts: 2,269	That is my point. Just because of this one system failure people are unhappy with the item that they have purchased and want to try another brand. This thing almost happened in DPreview a number of times when some users found the RAW file processing so labourous that they almost went over to the other boat.