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21/09/2010 2:57 pm
Harvey, sorry I have not sent pictures as promised. My wife dropped.............
are expensive Nikon camera and it is in the shop getting fixed. Be another week. Words of wisdom here, DO NOT DROP YOUR EXPENSIVE CAMERA, COST LOTS OF $$$$$ TO FIX. OUCH !!! RANDY
21/09/2010 3:08 pm
Randy, I dropped my point and shoot digital camera onto the table in a restaurant and it is caput as well. Fortunately the pictures are saved on the memory card or whatever they call it. Until I get a new camera I can't take pictures of my latest cars, or anything else like grandchildren. Hate when that happens. It's best, I gather, to buy a service contract with these cameras.
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
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21/09/2010 3:27 pm
Sorry to hear that David. My wife dropped ours down 6 cement steps and......
onto the conrete patio. It hit hard !! Probably should have just bought a new one considering the how much it cost to fix this one. Like you I did get to save the pictures on the camera so that was good. Poor Harvey though, I promised him pictures 2 weeks ago or so. I wanted to post a picture of a really nice Brooklin 1960 Ford Sunliner too ! RANDY
21/09/2010 3:30 pm
Our camera was dropped and is still working, but I wonder for how long.
21/09/2010 8:08 pm
22/09/2010 1:20 am
Dropped my Nikon DSLR in Yosemite while literally lost in the woods. Fell face down when I tripped over a branch on the ground ended up in some soft dust. The dust found it's way under the LCD screen a little - no big deal. I thought it was OK but now the auto-focus locks up occasionally, so I assume it is related. Not sure if it is the lens or the camera. Either way, it will be expensive to fix - probably cheaper to get a new one but this one is only a couple years old.
23/09/2010 1:51 am
Mark, your camera shop can sell you a kit to clean your sensor.....
Don't touch the sensor or blow on it! Get the kit and follow the instructions, it may save you a bundle.
Either your lens has dust in it, causing it to lock up, or the dirt on your sensor is keeping the lens from focusing properly. IF the lens is the problem, it can be sent back to the manufacturer or to a well equipped camera center fairly inexpensively. If the sensor on the camera is marked, you probably will want to consider a new camera.
23/09/2010 1:54 am
That's one of those moments.....
that happens in slow motion. Then the sound of your camera coming into contact with something as solid as a floor or the ground is heartbreaking.