D70 shutter lockup ?? Help

[tasadam]

Where things now stand...

Still no camera.
Maxwell took ages to get back to me but finally did (before Christmas). I negotiated the price down by more than half so have agreed to pay that and am hoping to get my camera back soon.

What did I get for Christmas?
1. Wife paying repair bill on the D70
2. Permission to buy the D200 - when we can afford it.
A fantastic Christmas indeed, wouldn't you say? I'm very lucky considering where things could have gone...

I need to find out more about this bent aperture control lever and ensure it doesn't happen again. I don't recall reading about this anywhere else before - and I'm usually pretty careful with my stuff.

Now time to get off this internet and phone Maxwell (again) and find out how much longer I need to wait before I get my camera back. It's been 6 weeks today.

Sorry if this seems off topic, these problems arose when my shutter locked up so I added it to this thread.

[whiz]

Well, I've been getting the error message and mirror lock for a while now. No physical damage to my camera.

Cost me a few shots of the New Years Day fires in Woy Woy..


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I'll put my D70 in for servicing when my D200 turns up.

I'd be interested in knowing what they charged you to get it fixed though.

[tasadam]

I'd be interested in knowing what they charged you to get it fixed though.

I'll post details once I get it back.

I phoned them yesterday, mine was 3rd in the queue and they said "maybe by the end of the week". That will be nearly 7 weeks.

Going bushwalking tomorrow. No camera to take. Not happy.

[tasadam]

So I phoned them Tuesday and they said maybe by the end of the week. I tried paying then so they can send it as soon as it was fixed, but they can't accept payment until it's done.

I asked them to CALL ME as soon as it was ready so I can make immediate payment and get it sent overnight. They said this would not be a problem and confirmed my mobile number.

The reason I wanted them to phone me was because I knew I would be away from my email.

Wednesday morning they send an email to say the camera is fixed and awaiting payment. No phone call. Problem was that I did not get the email until Friday. They can't even follow a simple request.
So I ring them Friday and tell them they were supposed to ring me. I tell them I want to pay so they can send it overnight and she puts me through to someone else for payment.
Instead of getting someone, I get voicemail saying please speak clearly and slowly and someone will get back to me by the end of the next business day - which really means by Monday.

So I hang up and ring back, got someone else, and they took payment details and entered into the system to "please send overnight for Monday delivery".

Subsequent to this, I have send an email telling them what I think.

I don't know whether I could be more pissedd offf at Nikon at the moment.
If my camera doesn't arrive back Monday, I will find out!

[birddog114]

Move to Sydney and deal direct face to face with them instead of talking over the phone. Eye contacts is always good and perfect.

[tasadam]

Well it's back from repair. Finally. It walked in the gate this morning at 8:55 am. And I've hardly touched it. Wife has been busy learning how to use it. Think I will be getting the D200 sooner rather than later...

[ipv6ready]

Just a thought has anyone had trouble with a d100 shutter? Mine is over 25,000 clicks as far as i can guess, just from the file numbers, I have factroy reset a few times so it went back to zero.

Since replacement which Maxwell fixed out of warranty. Very lucky and nice of veronica I think she use to work there.

One thing though...on my f90 I bet i would not have clicked over 2000 as i only put through maybe 700 rolls.

Since going digital, my clicks are lot more liberal. Much more testshots etc.

What is the F80 shutter rated at? Anyone know?

Thanks