patriciomurphy Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I can't find any useful info on the whole web on the issue of BGLOD. Everyone mentions that it's a fault most likely to affect the first batch/es, but noone mentions serial numbers for that production run. Does anybody know something about this? Is there any website where one can find this kind of info? I bought a D70 last month, and wonder if it is one of the new ones or it is likely to suffer BGLOD. Thank you very much! Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 "Everyone mentions that it's a fault most likely to affect the first batch/es" Baseless rumors. Even Nikon have not (AFAIK) provided any serial numbers. If your camera succumbs to it, tough luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumeister Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I think this is the extent of Nikon's public comments on the BGLOD: http://www.nikonusa.com/email_images/nikonusa/service_advisory/d70.html But a search on this site and on dpreview's forums will turn up a number of folks who have experienced this problem, sent their camera in to Nikon per the service announcement and are now happy, as well as a few folks who are unhappy. I sent mine in to the Melville, NY address last week after mine succumbed to BGLOD on 12/25. I purchased my D70 in April, 2004 and had no troubles with it until the 25th. No exposure problems leading up to the failure, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_sokal___dallas__tx Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 It's not tough luck, but bad luck. Nikon will repair it for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Yeah, it is normally bad luck. Tough luck if you are stuck with one camera in the middle of something and it dies blinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 If you are shooting something important and your only camera fails, that is not just tough luck, that is also lack of discipline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Lack of 'what'?! Someone who shoots with a 'consumer camera' targetted at enthusiasts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm2 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Shun Cheung wrote "If you are shooting something important and your only camera fails, that is not just tough luck, that is also lack of discipline." Lack of discipline? How 'bout lack of funds to buy two of the cameras? Moderator, moderate thyself, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumeister Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I think Sun's point was simply if it's important, it's worth bringing a backup even if the backup is a point 'n shoot film camera. How many of us only have ONE camera of any type? My F100 is in the same bag I have my D70 in, just in case. And if the situation is particularly dire, there's always my wife's Canon p&s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriciomurphy Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Well, I for one am taking my good ol' F601 with me on my next vacation, along with a Canon Powershot A520 that is quite good, but I must confess that while Nikon apparently will have it fixed in Argentina even if it was bought in the USA it's disturbing to think that it will, sooner or later, fail. I got an emjail from a VERY reputable source telling me that the first batch story could be true. It makes sense for Nikon to fix it in later production runs rather than having to fix every single D70 for free... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 "I got an emjail from a VERY reputable source telling me that the first batch story could be true." This is how unsubstantiated rumors start to float around with no concrete details. I am glad that you are rational in your thinking about the choices of the cameras to take with you, Patricio. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriciomurphy Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 I know, I know, but I don't want to mention in public a guy who, very kindly, answered an email directed by a stranger (me) to his site. This is the answer I got from this person, and I insist, it doesn't seem at all inllogical that Nikon corrected the error in subsequent production runs: "From everything I can tell, at least nine months worth of the original D70 production suffers from using a specific metering part that fails and causes that symptom, but the symptom itself--the blinking green light--is actually a failure signal that's more generic and can be caused by a wide range of problems (bent pins in the CF slot, metering failure, etc.). If your D70 is recent, I wouldn't worry much, but if it is from that first nine months of production, I'd say that the likelihood you'll eventually see the problem is quite high. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about it until you do." I planned on taking the F601 with me BGLOD or not, just in case, and in order to be able to shoot some landscapes with my 28... Regards, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwcombs Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Mine succumbed last week. Serial number 30026XX. Purchased in April of 2004. It had some symptoms leading up to this as early as January 2005. Erratic shutter speeds, error messages, etc. But it always seemed to shake out of it. Sent to Nikon CA this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tod_tevebaugh Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 This will make the third time I have had to send my camera for repairs due to the BGLOD. Each time it has died in the middle of a paid shoot. Consider me one of the ones that is not a happy with Nikon at the moment. Granted, I haven't paid a dime for repairs...but then I haven't made a dime either because the "fill in the blank with your favorite profane word" thing keeps dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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