chocolateblnt
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Hello owners of the Coolpix 3100 & 5700! I being the owner of the 5700 encountered a glitch with the camera. I noticed some of the pictures I was taking began turning out completely black, but I thought nothing of it. The camera was working fine up until yesterday yet today when I turned it on and began snapping pictures they came out looking like this ...
Now I have had this camera for over 3 years now and have encountered no problems with it up until recently and it was always babied in a Nikon Bag because it was very expensive. After some help from BeerGuy and Aural they let me know that it could be the sensor in the camera and I soon began doing research on google if anyone else has had this problem. Turns out a few ... I went on www.dpreview.com and found some other guy who had the same problem and Nikon fixed it for free. Here's the link:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1007&message=16252492
They talk about a Service Advisory Released from Nikon and what steps you need to take to have Nikon fix your Camera... Here is the link to the Service Advisory from Nikon ...
http://www.nikonusa.com/email_images/nikonusa/service_advisory/coolpix.html
You have to print out a form and also take a look at the F.A.Q. section of that page, it tells you the steps and what to expect. I will be calling Nikon tomm. or monday to follow up and confirm this problem ... 'till then ...
Now I have had this camera for over 3 years now and have encountered no problems with it up until recently and it was always babied in a Nikon Bag because it was very expensive. After some help from BeerGuy and Aural they let me know that it could be the sensor in the camera and I soon began doing research on google if anyone else has had this problem. Turns out a few ... I went on www.dpreview.com and found some other guy who had the same problem and Nikon fixed it for free. Here's the link:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1007&message=16252492
They talk about a Service Advisory Released from Nikon and what steps you need to take to have Nikon fix your Camera... Here is the link to the Service Advisory from Nikon ...
http://www.nikonusa.com/email_images/nikonusa/service_advisory/coolpix.html
You have to print out a form and also take a look at the F.A.Q. section of that page, it tells you the steps and what to expect. I will be calling Nikon tomm. or monday to follow up and confirm this problem ... 'till then ...
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