I post this fix so that others who have the infamous Nikon Coolpix series
of cameras can fix Nikon's engineering flaw in the camera body which Nikon
refuses to fix despite the tens of thousands of unhappy Nikon Coolpix
buyers.

Here is a photo of the Nikon Coolpix camera body BEFORE it breaks
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Niko...ompartment.jpg

Here is a photo of Nikon Coolpix camera body ultimately broken
http://files.myopera.com/mcduret/blog/IMGP0065b.JPG

Here a user fixed the Nikon Coolpix camera body with a paperclip
http://www.uthunter.com/images/Nikonfix.jpg

Here a user fix the Nikon Coolpix camera with a tripod
http://files.myopera.com/mcduret/blog/IMGP0070b.JPG

Here is how I fixed the Nikon Coolpix 3100 camera with epoxy
http://usera.imagecave.com/

All the reviews totally missed the mark on the Nikon Coolpix camera
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp3100/
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/ni...ix3100-review/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_...nikon3100.html

Jeanette Guire wrote:
I post this fix so that others who have the infamous Nikon Coolpix series
of cameras can fix Nikon's engineering flaw in the camera body which Nikon
refuses to fix despite the tens of thousands of unhappy Nikon Coolpix
buyers.

Here is a photo of the Nikon Coolpix camera body BEFORE it breaks
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Niko...ompartment.jpg

Here is a photo of Nikon Coolpix camera body ultimately broken
http://files.myopera.com/mcduret/blog/IMGP0065b.JPG

Here a user fixed the Nikon Coolpix camera body with a paperclip
http://www.uthunter.com/images/Nikonfix.jpg

Here a user fix the Nikon Coolpix camera with a tripod
http://files.myopera.com/mcduret/blog/IMGP0070b.JPG

Here is how I fixed the Nikon Coolpix 3100 camera with epoxy
http://usera.imagecave.com/

All the reviews totally missed the mark on the Nikon Coolpix camera
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp3100/
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/ni...ix3100-review/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_...nikon3100.html
Hmmm,
Thse are throw away cameras like Timex watch.

You are just a crossposting fool without the sense to understand that
this is
wildly OT for at least two of the three groups you polluted.

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:33:52 GMT, Jeanette Guire
wrote Re FIXED Nikon Coolpix camera
flaws (battery door latch breaks) with a paperclip:

All the reviews totally missed the mark on the Nikon Coolpix camera

Nikon has been way over-rated for many years.

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:08:19 -0400, Meat Plow wrote:

Let's see, three groups xposted to:

ba.general (Announcements of GENERAL INTEREST to ALL readers
I don't think there is much if anything that could be construed as
off topic in that group except for Usenet spam.)

rec.audio.tech (the Coolpix does create audio recordings hence not off
topic here)

rec.home.repair (the Coolpix can be considered an item of the home as in
many other items in the home, mowers, drills, chain saws, that get freely
and very regularly discussed without people like you crying about the
topic and content being off topic.)

But the one most on topic, rec.photo.digital, wasn't included! Other
possibilities are rec.photo.point+shoot and rec.photo.misc.

Don www.donwiss.com/pictures/ (e-mail link at page bottoms).

Meat Plow ) writes:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:55:02 -0700, jJim McLaughlin wrote:



You are just a crossposting fool without the sense to understand that
this is
wildly OT for at least two of the three groups you polluted.

Let's see, three groups xposted to:

ba.general (Announcements of GENERAL INTEREST to ALL readers
I don't think there is much if anything that could be construed as
off topic in that group except for Usenet spam.)

But one has to really wonder why there and nowhere else. After all,
it's general to the Bay Area.

rec.audio.tech (the Coolpix does create audio recordings hence not off
topic here)


Yet that is stretching it, rather like asking about old computer hardware
or the price of vacuum tubes in sci.electronics.repair

Cross-posting, like off-topic posts in general, is usually the
result of someone too lazy to find the proper place to post.

You can stretch things, but if you overlook the proper place, then
you're caught.


rec.home.repair (the Coolpix can be considered an item of the home as in
many other items in the home, mowers, drills, chain saws, that get freely
and very regularly discussed without people like you crying about the
topic and content being off topic.)

But is it about the repair of household items, or the repair of the
house?

Even in the former case, surely it relates to things not likely found
beyond the house. So a lawnmower would fit, but a camera is more
than a stretch.

You might as well put your computer questions there, because after
all, many/most houses have computers at this point.

The only thing worse than cross-posters and off-topic posters
is their defenders.

Michael

wrote:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:21:13 GMT, Tony Hwang wrote:


Jeanette Guire wrote:

I post this fix so that others who have the infamous Nikon Coolpix series
of cameras can fix Nikon's engineering flaw in the camera body which Nikon
refuses to fix despite the tens of thousands of unhappy Nikon Coolpix
buyers.

Here is a photo of the Nikon Coolpix camera body BEFORE it breaks
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Niko...ompartment.jpg

Here is a photo of Nikon Coolpix camera body ultimately broken
http://files.myopera.com/mcduret/blog/IMGP0065b.JPG

Here a user fixed the Nikon Coolpix camera body with a paperclip
http://www.uthunter.com/images/Nikonfix.jpg

Here a user fix the Nikon Coolpix camera with a tripod
http://files.myopera.com/mcduret/blog/IMGP0070b.JPG

Here is how I fixed the Nikon Coolpix 3100 camera with epoxy
http://usera.imagecave.com/

All the reviews totally missed the mark on the Nikon Coolpix camera
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp3100/
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/ni...ix3100-review/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_...nikon3100.html



Hmmm,
Thse are throw away cameras like Timex watch.



In the 1960s Seiko and Citizens watches where all throw aways too as
were vehicles made by Datsun and Toyota...Nikon cameras were well
respected for their lens quality...While I could be mistaken, I
suspect that they still are.
Hi,
Back then do you remember the test Leica engineers did?
Dropping Leica vs. Canon, Nikon from a height, guess what happened.
Also cold weather testing. Which camera went to moon first?
Not Japanese one, Hasselblad. Pro grade cameras still have metal body,
consumer grade? All plastic! Even most lens. At least prosumer grade
is more rugged?

Meat Plow wrote:

You're the one stretched out. And you've been lambasted from head to toe
by people from many different walks of life and culture in
sci.electronics.repair for being the topic censoring ****head you are.


She was whining about it on news:rec.crafts.metalworking, as well.

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