On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 19:48:08 +0000 (UTC), "Arklin K."
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:02:40 +0000, Arklin K. wrote:

Is it possible to replace just this tiny ring in the Nikon lens?
http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...40/8658510.jpg

It's a Nikon DX VR: AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G lens on a Nikon
D5000.

I dropped the camera and the only thing that broke was this tiny piece
of plastic around the lens (which, unfortunately, holds the lens on the
camera):
http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...40/8658511.jpg

I'm not a camera expert but if I could buy the part, I could figure out
maybe how to install it on the lens.

In addition, after dropping the camera, I realized I need a lens
protector (glass filter?) for the outside of the lens. Where best can I
get one cheap mailorder?

As a summary:
0. Calling 800-645-6687 and spending more than an hour with them, I find:
1. Nikon will sell parts to consumers
2. Nikon will not provide a parts diagram.
3. You have to describe the part, and they will sell it to you.
4. For me, that part number is a "bayonet mount" PN 1C999-601-2 $9.45
5. The filter is apparently a 52mm glass filter
6. People tell me I can get the filter for about $15 mail order
7. Most say the lens will be difficult to fix
8. Mostly because of the circuit board ribbon
9. So I will write up a pictorial DIY to help the next person!

EMOTIONAL ISSUES: (take them with a grain of salt please)

In hindsight, the Nikons I bought from Costco (Coolpix 5000, Nikon D50,
Nikon D60, and Nikon D5000) are all junk cameras; but it's not their
fault. Here is a snapshot of just the broken ones in the top of my camera
box just now:
http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...mg/8663059.jpg

The Costco Nikons just can't take daily use. I guess they're for
vacations only in good weather and only under sterile conditions (not
normal day-to-day life). For me, I need a camera that can go where I go.
Nothing more complicated than that - but it has to take jostling and
dropping and nudging and bouncing around like any camera should.

Nonetheless, I blame nobody but myself for buying the Costco Nikon junk.
It's all my fault. Plastic is plastic. Plastic is junk. Plastic breaks.
All the time. They don't last a year. However, since I already own them,
I'm trying to fix this one camera (and maybe I'll fix the other four or
five in my camera box if this works).

------- HELP -------
The one open question is how to get a hold of the exploded parts diagram
for Nikon equipment (because Nikon won't supply them!).

Q: Do you know where to get exploded diagrams of Nikon equipment?

You've already posted to photo.net under the name RockSock Doc.


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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida