alanrwl

So far so good... I have not had the "sudden death" issue with my D70. But I did have an

issue where the apeture step-down preview locked up while still under warranty. I could

not go back to the store which I bought it from since I had moved, but took it to the

nearest location of that national chain. They told me I had to deal with Nikon directly.

Called the store's customer service, was told this was wrong and they apologized. When

mentioning this to a local mom and pop shop, they said they would be happy to handle it

for me even though I had not purchased the camera from them. Instead I did contact

Nikon directly, was told to return the camera with an explanation and was even furnished

me with a corporate shipping account number to cover the costs at their expense. I was

warned by shops and friends that I could expect to be without my camera for 5-6 weeks,

but if was returned in 10 days. Fully repaired, sensor cleaned and auto focus recalibrated!

Nikon USA now has a service advisory posted regarding the "blinking light" issue, they will

fix it at no charge. I am trying to get them to cover the costs of shipping again since it is a

documented defect and plan to return it so that I am assured it will not die suddenly

without warning... preventive maintenance. As of this week, there is no listing of serial

numbers affected by this problem like they did with the EN-EL3 battery recall, but at least

they now admit there is a problem and are doing something about it.