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Jeanette Guire wrote:

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:31:11 -0700, William Sommerwerck wrote:

I'd suggest you get the necessary part and have an independent service
shop fix it -- though the cost might be more than you would care to pay.

PS: Pardon my stupidity in not having first looked carefully at the photos.
The "part" is a major chunk of the body, and is not easily replaceable.

I was going to mention that.

Not only is the "part" the camera body, but it's guaranteed to break given
the stresses on a little tiny loop of plastic.

Why couldn't Nikon have designed the latch better?
Is Nikon that stupid?

And why didn't the legion of reviewers for the Nikon Coolpix series notice
this? Are THEY that stupid?

Or is it just me?

You know, even intelligent people make mistakes. Nikon fixed the problem
in a later iteration of the camera, as you yourself pointed out. If
you're so smart, how come *you* didn't see it as a design weakness
before you bought two of them?

Have you ever seen the show "Engineering Disasters?" Things that men
build that are a lot more significant than a cheap dime store camera, do
break. It seems to me you're milking this one for a lot more attention
than it's worth. Be glad you fixed it, and get back to something
important in your life.