21 Sep
2006
21 Sep
'06
2:25 p.m.
My problem is a
decided lack of hardware on hand. You don't even want to
know what I had to do to come up with the hardware to fasten the 25-pin
connector to the case!
I've had way too little sleep and way too deviant a mind (read: in the
gutter) to be saying stuff like that around me... ;-)
[[snip]]
Fortunately my cameras are sufficiently old not to even know what an LED
is :-). Heck, several of them have no electrical parts at all, not even a
flash contact. a few drops of watch oil keep them going for decades ;-)
...Nikon D70...
^^^
I have one of those - *great* camera until it gets the GBLOD, or "Green
Blinking Led Of Death" like mine did 2 weeks ago.
It happens really suddenly - works one week, doesn't the next.
Ungh. :-(
Particularly 'ouch' if you're on a once-io-a-lifetime trip or similar.
If it wasn't for a last-minute 1200mile roundtrip for business last week
and a death in the family this week (800 mile roundtrip) -- not to mention
I am sorry to hear that. My condolences (even though I never knew the
person).
possible unemployment soon... I'd have shipped it
back to Nikon this week.
Maybe if I have room I'll take it with me & do it anyway....
At least Nikon will fix 'em for free.
Yes, but what happens if you get this problem <n> years in the future? I
prefer to know what the fix is and be able to do it myself. Not that I am
likely to be buying a new Nikon...
-tony