True. Telling me that circuit "AB1-7C" was replaced would not offer any insight.
Happy to be back in the game.😁
I have done some testing/shooting with the camera. I used each exposure mode and varied aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. All photos were consistent with settings, and no incorrectly exposed images. No meter drift either. So, all looks to be well with the camera now. I have had no response from Nikon regarding more details of the repair done. I am also going to reach out to my local store, which sent out the camera, and ask whether he has found the receipts from Nikon for the repair.
I would like more info about exactly what circuit was affected, and subsequently replaced. If I find out anything more, I'll post the results. Right now, I'm just happy to have the camera back, working.
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I hail from Sri Lanka where Arthur C Clarke was domiciled. Arthur frequented the Otter Aquatic Club where I was a competition member and later Club Captain in the 60's. I spent most of my school holidays at the club either training or socialising as it was very much a social club as it was a leading swimming club in Colombo. I played table tennis with Arthur and we were both quite competitive and had heaps of fun whenever we played, he had a lame arm but played a really good game. I, like many of us, who watched the movie 2001 Space Odyssey was just as perplexed with the ending. I bumped into Arthur at the club not long after watching the movie he was deeply engrossed in playing a "Klotski" like puzzle, interrupting him for a moment, I asked him about the ending to which he replied, sounding almost annoyed "go read the book"! I never read it but my introduction to his many books that I have read was the "Fall of Moondust". My regret is I never got to getting his autograph. To us he was just another adult at the club that we respected, never for a moment were awed by his fame and I never felt that he thought of himself in any way as special. I did visit his home with a friend and got a tour of his Astronomical telescope and the photographs of the planets he had, probably, taken.
I thought I'd share this because of your interest in the great Arthur C. Clarke, truly an amazing visionary that I had the great fortune of knowing nearly 60 years ago.
I am travelling to Sri Lanka and India in September this year and specially looking forward to seeing Tigers at the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, India. In Sri Lanka I have planned a train ride from Kandy(Peradeniya) to Ella some have described as one of the most scenic railway train journeys in the world.
I bought a Canon 300mm F4 IS USM prime lens and a Canon 1.4X teleconverter for my 5D Mk IV and hoping I get some great shots of Tigers when I'm on holiday. If you would like to see a few of my photographs posted on Viewbug follow the link below:
https://www.viewbug.com/member/PaulDharmaratneI trust posting this link isn't an issue!
I live in Berwick a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
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What a fantastic opportunity to have had day-to-day contact with such a great author, and man. Cherish the memories! BTW, my wife and I are visiting Australia next year. Very excited!
It is currently raining, so I hope to do some testing tomorrow. I asked the photo store if there was any paperwork that came back with the camera. I would like a little more detail. I know when I had my 200 F4 Micro tripod collar repaired, I got a receipt with a short description of what work was performed.
Glad to have the camera back. I lost my custom settings, so those are now restored. I should have saved them!
I received an email from the camera store. My camera was back from Nikon! I went there immediately and picked up the camera. All they told me was that a "circuit was replaced". No more details.
It is nice to confirm that the errors were not mine, but an issue with the camera circuitry. I will be doing some testing soon with the same settings, and will report back.
Thanks again for all the feedback.
2001 is at the top of my top ten best films of all time. My favourite Director, Stanley Kubrick, was eccentric, a perfectionist, a genius. Just look at the composition of each scene of the film. Each one is thoroughly thought out and planned. Kubrick's visual concept of what outer space would look like, directional lighting, and how people and spacecraft would react when moving, was all far ahead of its time. Remember, in 1968 the US had not yet gone to the moon. It has been said by some who have been in space, that Kubrick's imagining of what it is like was very accurate. Compare 2001 to "Mission Mars 1967", or "The Astro-Zombies 1968". Yes, these films were made around the same as 2001.
Kubrick's use of classical music to score space flight was genius, and never before done. He used models for his spacecraft. He sometimes placed cameras inside the models, looking out a viewport, as the model approached another object, just to allow for proper "point-of-view" perspective. Clark was a genius in his own right, of course. His short story, "The Sentinel", was the basis upon which 2001 was based. He and Kubrick made for a great match, with this film as a result. Watch "Barry Lyndon" for more great, well-composed scenes. "The Shining" is similarly well-done.
The film is not a fast-paced action story. It is the story of alien intervention in the evolution of human beings. The ending of the film shows the "Star Child", the next step in our evolution. This scene links to the moment near the beginning of the film when the apes? touch the obelisk, thereby gaining the knowledge to use weapons. That knowledge begins our evolution. I really love the scene when the bone, the ultimate weapon of the time, is thrown up into the air, spinning slowly. As the bone slows, we cut to a slowly spinning nuclear platform, the ultimate weapon of (then) modern times. When an obelisk is again discovered, buried on the Moon, one of the astronauts touches it. A loud signal is sent off, signalling the human beings are ready for the "next step". Love it!
Looks delicious! I have made it with Lamb Shanks (try it). I like to add whole cloves of garlic. These cuts of meat (tough, lots of connective tissue) are so full of flavour, and so easy to cook, especially with the use of pressure cookers.
Thanks for sharing.
I have always been intrigued by all things ancient. It's hard to see these as once being living, growing trees. I have to get there to see them, and the painted desert too. Thanks for the images.
In Canada, it is 2 years. Well that sucks. Bad on Nikon for not extending some customer service to you. But, as we well know, they are there to make money. Ever bought an Apple product?
It looks like you'll have to shell out the $$. You could wait until the issue becomes a real nuisance, then send it in.
Good luck with this,
How can they not cover this under warranty? They can't not do so if the camera is still covered. I think another call to Nikon is in order, with a demand for them to fix this issue under warranty.
This makes no sense!
How long is your warranty?? Should be 2 years. Did you contact them before the 24 month deadline?
I assume your bought pre-owned? If so, how old is the camera? Is your issue the same as what caused the recall? Even so, pretty poor response from Nikon.