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Nikon D3 LCD Screen
Kevin Poirier, Photographer
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Kenosha | WI | United States | Posted: 7:37 PM on 06.08.09 |
->> HELP
Just today, one of our Nikon D3's lcd screen went black, and the clock icon began to blink. At first I thought that it was the small internal button battery that was dead, although I was surprised because we never have had to replace them in any of our older cameras.
However, once a new battery was purchased, the screen stayed dead, and has gray lines in it some of the time.
An older battery from a D2 was also tried, but nothing.
I was told that the camera was not dropped, and from the guy who told me, I believe it.
A reset (two green buttons in the back) was tried, still nothing.
I have never had anything like this happen to any of our camera, ...
Does anyone know what it could be? |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 7:47 PM on 06.08.09 |
->> Take the button cell AND regular battery out for the night. You may need to drain the backup caps that hold a charge so that you have a few minutes between the time the old battery comes out and the new one goes in. Just a hunch.
In some cases if the contacts of the backup battery are accessible you can short the + contact to ground and drain the caps that way. Not recommending that here because I don't know how much juice (if any) the caps are holding. Too much and you can blow the caps shorting them. |
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Simon Keitch, Photographer
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Plymouth | Devon | PL8 2DW | Posted: 10:11 AM on 06.11.09 |
| ->> Does the camera itself function still? I had a similar problem with a D2Xs where the screen cut out; the camera worked like normal but the screen didn't work at all. There was no easy fix for that one; it had to be sent back to the Nikon Service Centre for repair. |
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Curtis Clegg, Photographer
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Sycamore | IL | USA | Posted: 5:30 PM on 06.11.09 |
->> Try using your EG-D2 audio/video cable to attach the camera to a television... this will tell you if it's the LCD monitor or the video board.
If you have video output to your television, you could use something like this in a pinch to make settings changes in the field before you can get a repair:
http://tinyurl.com/PocketMonitor |
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Kevin Poirier, Photographer
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Kenosha | WI | United States | Posted: 10:49 PM on 09.03.09 |
->> Just an update on the issue with the D3 since a few people contacted me. We sent the camera to our local repair guy (just because Nikon/NPS has been so slow) and he fixed the problem. Here is what the invoice said: replaced the main P.C.B. and replaced the image board. Two months after that repair, the LCD went black again, so we sent it back. They said that they replaced the LCD at no charge, under their warranty agreement, but I have not seen the invoice yet.
My advice is that if you have that problem, send it to Nikon directly, as that might avoid the two trips to the repair shop.
Also, to Eric: that did not work, the internal battery kept on shorting out immediately after being put in (which took me two brand new batteries to figure out)
Simon: Yes the camera was still functioning just fine.
Curtis: I did not try your solution.
I hope that helps anyone wit the same issue. I would also love to know if this is an issue with a lot of people, so if you have any info, get in touch with me or post on this thread.
Thank you |
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