Nikon D70 Camera Hardware Problem.

[jburn]

Hi

 

I have used my Nikon D70 for a couple of years, with no problems. When the

D200 came out I decided move up to it. I planed to keep the D70 as a backup

camera, or maybe some day, give it to one of my daughters. Last month I got the

D70 out to check it out and to use it for some shots around the house. When I

turned it on the display came up with some strange information. Do not remember

now just what was there. After pushing the reset button and removing the battery

a couple of times, the camera seamed to be OK. Yesterday I got the D70 out again

to use it and now it does not even power up. I recharged the battery, put in a

different memory card, with no luck. The only thing that happens, when I put in

the memory card, is the green LED on the back blinks, with the on/off switch in

either position. Nothing else works. The camera is just dead, except for the

blinking green LED. I tried the reset button, but no luck.

 

Has anyone else had a similar problem? I guess I will need to send it in for

repairs, but am concerned about how much that will cost.

 

Thanks for your replies.

 

Jack

[deli]

Hello,

 

Sounds like the old "blinking green light of death" (bglod).Nikon fixes it for free. I got mine done earlier this year.They do it pretty fast too. Follow the link in the following FAQ:

http://www.anands.net/faq/gblod.html

[alan_olander1664878205]

It sounds like the "Blinking Green Light of Death", a known problem with the D70. Nikon has been repairing these cameras for free even if out of warranty.

[Michael R Freeman]

"Has anyone else had a similar problem?"

 

Thousands. Sounds like you have the BGLOD - aka Blinking Green Light Of Death. Do a quick photo.net search for "BGLOD" - there is a Nikon service bulletin out for this. The repair is supposed to be free, even for cameras out of warranty.

[jburn]

Thanks all for your timely replies.

Jack

[mtk]

Hi Jack, just to let you know I just got my D70 back from Nikon. I was extremely pleased with the service. I bought mine used from KEH with no original warranty registration. Go to the Nikon website, and download the form and UPS it off....It took two weeks to the day from when I shipped it to when I recieved it back. The blinking light was gone, they installed the latest firmware version (2.0), cleaned the CCD sensor as well as the rest of the camera, all free of charge. This was no hassle other than not having my camera for two weeks. D70 works like a dream! Mark

[michael s.]

Too <a href=http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00IGxJ> frequent an occurrence</a> for Nikon not to have handled it more adroitly, in my opinion. It is, after all, a known defect.