Hi all, my trusty D70s just blew another fuse. Here is a brief description of what happened. I was up early at Snake Valley, decided to take some photos of birds. Slapped on my 80-200 zoom on the D70s body, without doing the right procedure, and the camera body said no, error message galore, then just died. Cannot be turned on at all.
What is the "right" procedure? According to the manual, older non-G lenses (the ones with aperture rings on the body of the lens) must be stepped down to f22, then click the orange "lock" button BEFORE connecting to the camera body and switching on.
I left the lens on manual mode at f4.
I did this a few years ago, and had to send the body to the Camera Clinic in Collingwood Melbourne to get it fixed.
It turns out that because I didn't follow the right procedure, I blew a fuse in the camera body. The fuse was $30 but the labour was $150
So, I repeated my mistake and am looking at $200 for repairs.
But the cost of repairs may be more than the body itself.
So, what should I do? Fix it and keep it as a back up body?
Or just sell it (lucky if I get $50 for it)?
I have a few nice Nikkor lenses, but thinking of making the Canon switch.
Anyone wants to trade a clapped out D70s?
Seriously, some advice will be much appreciated.
Bo