"Linda Sands" <lshorsetrainer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I thought Nikon was a good brand name so I bought from Costco two Nikon
> cameras over the years - both of which have been fraught with failure. I
> even read the reviews before I bought which never mentioned that these
> Nikon cameras were pieces of ... well ... you know. They don't work.
>
> Nikon replaced my Coolpix 3100 once under warranty and then it broke
about
> a year or so later. Same spot. The battery latch door has a flimsy loop
of
> plastic which eventually snaps off necessitating the entire body being
> swapped out at the factory. I can't believe they made the Coolpix series
> to
> break like that but there's no way it can't break, it's so badly
designed.
> A kindergarten kid could recognize the flaw from the outside just by
> looking at it. Yet the reviewers all missed it.
>
> I figured this was a fluke until I bought the Nikon Coolpix 5000.
>
> 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. But then they died like they were placed on a charcoal
fire.
> I ended up having to leave the batteries on the charger because they'd
> have
> nothing left in them after two or three days, they were so bad. After a
> while, I couldn't get a dozen pictures out of the camera even hot off
the
> charger, .before the battery died.
>
> 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.
>
> What gives? Did I happen to buy the two worst Nikon cameras on the
planet
> or did the reviewer miss a biggie or is my experience just a fluke or
does
> Costco only sell the Nikons that nobody wants but the reviewers don't
know
> that or is the entire Nikon Coolpix lineup a sham ... or what?
NO,
you have just been unlucky...........or heavy handed.
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