Re: Did I buy the worst two Nikon cameras (or are they all this bad?)

Jeff wrote:
> Jeanette Guire wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:54:59 +0100, BIC wrote:
>>
>>> you have just been unlucky...........or heavy handed.
>>
>>
>> It's a VERY common problem BIC. Google for the Nikon coolpix battery
door
>> latch and you'll see many people have the same problem. For every one
you
>> find, there are hundreds who don't know about the usenet or the forums.
>> Even Nikon's own forums are fraught with sorry sad little coolpix
owners.
> 
> Or switch to Canon. Canon has had a substantial lead on digital 
> technology that the others have been playing catch up with for years. 
> And the ergonomics of Canon are pretty good. I'm *really* hard on 
> cameras and my Canon A95 is still ticking (so's my Rebel and elph). It's

> had a *lot* of exposures clicked through it.

It's true, the A series is remarkably robust for such an inexpensive 
line of cameras.