"Linda Sands" <lshorsetrainer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> I thought Nikon was a good brand name so I bought from Costco two Nikon
> cameras over the years
Here and there Costco sells off what a manufacturer has too many of.
And one reason the manufacturer has too many is because he can't sell
them as the word has gone out about the problems. Costco hides
these jewels so they are hard to tell from Costco's perfectly good
merchandise.
> I bought the Nikon Coolpix 5000 because the reviewers said it was
sturdy,
> having a METAL body. Whew. No more broken flimsy plastic battery doors,
I
> thought. Wrong. My Nikon Coolpix 5000 died often, but this time it was
the
> battery itself. After three or four or five batteries, I gave up, since
> the
> replacement batteries would end up costing more than the camera was
worth.
> That Nikon Coolpix EATS up batteries! They worked fine for the first six
> months or so.
That sounds like the charger. Do you have another charger or are they
proprietary available-from-Nikon-only batteries?
> Funny thing, a friend has the Nikon D50 and he says it works fine. The
> battery lasts days and the battery door hasn't fallen off yet.
_Everybody_ screws up sometimes. They are more likely to screw up on
something they are doing for the first time - Leica M8 anyone?
Wisdom has it one should always hold off until Version 3.21a is released.
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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters
http://www.darkroomautomation.com/index.htm
n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com
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