D700 teardown
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Interesting article! Although it reconfirmed my fear of dropping my D700 in water!
My philosophy is if it is not broken, don't try and fix it and when it IS broken, send it to someone who knows what the heck they are doing!
The much simpler all mechanical cameras like the F and F2 were a whole lot easier to work on, much as an engine in a car in the 70's was. Now even some little rice burner with a lawn mower engine is so complex that you can't see the driveway through the engine compartment. Simpler is, and always will be, better!
The much simpler all mechanical cameras like the F and F2 were a whole lot easier to work on, much as an engine in a car in the 70's was. Now even some little rice burner with a lawn mower engine is so complex that you can't see the driveway through the engine compartment. Simpler is, and always will be, better!
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yup,, complicated stuff,, I did have an event with one of my D700s, where tripod failure caused it to fall into a freezing river.. risking my life, I dived in,,, and rescured the camera (could barely make out the strap moving below, and I was able to grab it...
got back to the car prior to hyperthermia.... and the pro camera store was not far away, so I dropped off, and it was sent to Nikon repair,, upon which they rudely refused to fix (even though I was willing to pay 100% for the repair), but a week later, mailed back a still soggy, camera..
So,, I decided, what the hay,, and took apart, dried on low heat, cleaned up,,, and got it back on line,, then once it was back functional, had it professionally serviced/cleaned.
So,, nothing I would want to do all the time. but in desparation,, figured why not,, shot 30K photos,, before selling (telling the whole story,, and sold it heavily discounted (camera still going strong)
but,, most of the time,, I vote to stick with the specialist for all repairs!
got back to the car prior to hyperthermia.... and the pro camera store was not far away, so I dropped off, and it was sent to Nikon repair,, upon which they rudely refused to fix (even though I was willing to pay 100% for the repair), but a week later, mailed back a still soggy, camera..
So,, I decided, what the hay,, and took apart, dried on low heat, cleaned up,,, and got it back on line,, then once it was back functional, had it professionally serviced/cleaned.
So,, nothing I would want to do all the time. but in desparation,, figured why not,, shot 30K photos,, before selling (telling the whole story,, and sold it heavily discounted (camera still going strong)
but,, most of the time,, I vote to stick with the specialist for all repairs!
littleoldman
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Thats a lot of parts 
