Mindful Musings

After almost exactly two years, my Nikon D70 has bit the bullet. Nothing happens when the switch is turned on. I have checked, charged and tested the battery and I have tried operating the camera without lenses, with different lenses, with no card and with two seperate CF cards and still nothing. When a CF card is present in the slot, the drive light flashes with a slow regular beat. We really wanted to get some more pictures taken for my parents (of the spring flowers and tulips) but they will have to wait a little or Jennifer will have to borrow her mother’s camera. Has anyone else had manufacturing problems with the Nikon? You would think a $1400 camera would be built better.

I am quite dissappointed with Nikon but am very glad that we had purchased quite a bit of extra warranty from Best Buy with the camera and I should be getting it back from them in about two weeks. I guess gentle handling and proper care does not always ensure longevity of electronic equipment.