Nikon D70 failed and continuous blinking of CF light

[hansia]

Think my light meter was changed when I sent in for back focusing, cleaning, and AWB adjustments. Nikon doing pre-emptive checks on cameras that came in?

Bought my D70 in May04.

 

[BurgaFlippinMan]

sending it in later today, just got back from school. its been used quite heavily (of course not as much as some other users here) i reckon around 20k shots....

 

[Trek+]

Bought in Feb 2004, also have the same light metering problem . Any idea how much it cost for replacement?

 

[BurgaFlippinMan]

mine still with nikon, will call today for status report. according to some d70 users, nikon malaysia fixed theirs for free even out of warranty

 

[Pinoy_SAP]

Bought in Feb 2004, also have the same light metering problem . Any idea how much it cost for replacement?

should still be free of charge, no harm in trying. just bring ur D70 to Nikon service center

 

[Ender]

Oh No...i think mine has these problem. I am not in Singapore!!! Warrenty over liao!

CF light blinks, sometime will not power up, meter dont seem working correctly.

 

[stiener]

Sure hope that the servicing will be free...can't believe that my camera encounted this problem just 14 days after warranty ended :cry:

Nick

 

[BurgaFlippinMan]

ok, got my cam fixed and back today. it spent 5 days at Nikon Malaysia (i hassled them everyday asking for status report). they fixed it FOC even out of warranty.

 

[mpenza]

just send in for servicing loh. no harm trying since Nikon probably has handled many such cases.

 

[stiener]

Sad lah...missed out on the D70 newbie outing and workshop today because of this...

Nick

 

[Joel Lyn]

ok, so.. cos i am considering either the d70 or d100, so with respect to this thread ar, seems like its not safe to purchase a d70? can i reckon so ??

 

[ParkertR]

notice that the problem only has happened to the earlier batch of the D70's... i dont think there should be a problem.

 

[Joel Lyn]

oh ok..... but then i was reading the reviews for both cams la but seems like the d100 is a better get leh but becos my budget is flexi, so i prefer to get one thats is good for me la.....

 

[glensky]

had e same problem...w d70 cf card light blinking....ask them to replace everything including kit lense..wc they did on e spot.

 

[ParkertR]

whoa.. they did? hmm how old was your set glensky?

 

[timlim]

had e same problem...w d70 cf card light blinking....ask them to replace everything including kit lense..wc they did on e spot.

nikon or the shop you bought it from? how old was the set and which shop?

 

[pcholly]

My D70 failed yesterday in eactly the same way - took it to Nikon who can't explain why - with all the other failures reported they should know by now -
Purchased mine March 2004 - serial number 8001002 have had other problems as well - over exposure in bright sunlight - even in auto modes! - problems - continuos shooting - can't achieve 3 fps when using ANY of the JPEG settings - OK if I use NEF plus when using NEF+JPEG it transfers two small JPEGS via USB - OK if transfered via my Nixvue digital album - Nikon keep it 4weeks and reported everything was OK - but I still can't shoot 3fps with JPEG files more like 2fps
Have invested very heavily in Nikor lenses so I'm really locked in to Nikon now - but I am unsure about getting another D70 - but I have so many jobs to do I can't be without it AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

 

[Ender]

Will D70 fail completely because right now i using manual mode to shoot? Now i also take out the battery when not shooting.

 

[billpepsi]

had e same problem...w d70 cf card light blinking....ask them to replace everything including kit lense..wc they did on e spot.

really??? how old was your set then and which shop?

 

[ParkertR]

Will D70 fail completely because right now i using manual mode to shoot? Now i also take out the battery when not shooting.

Sorry I don't understand what you're saying... but....

1) I use manual mode to shoot too and using "M" won't cause your camera to fail
2) Removing the batteries when not shooting is fine