"Jeanette Guire" wrote in message
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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?
Aha!