is my D200 broken?

stolzy

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21 Sep 2007 - 9:02 PM

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I spent my afternoon having a massive car crash resulting in the total destruction of my beautiful BMW Z4.
However, more importantly, my D200 (which was in the boot) has been slightly doused in red wine (also in the boot) and now has the error 'fEE' when AF lenses are mounted (even when they are set to min aperture). With 'G' lenses it seems to work fine.
In two weeks I'm off to Namibia and need a reliable camera - anybody have suggestions?

scottishphototours

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21 Sep 2007 - 11:02 PM

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Try cleaning all the contacts on the lens or check them for damage - think the G and AF lenses use different contacts...

cambirder

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21 Sep 2007 - 11:39 PM

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Its either broken or drunk.

I would get it checked out pronto, even if it sobers up, it may fail again on the first day of the holiday.

miptog (e2 Member)

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22 Sep 2007 - 12:43 AM

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Firstly: Glad to hear you are in one piece.

Hope you also have insuranace for the camera. Probably safest to send it back to Nikon for a quality check, as the last thing you would want is to get there and find it stops working. Suggest you try and rent a D200 for the 2 weeks on holiday.

Mike

csurry

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22 Sep 2007 - 11:35 AM

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Quote: Quote:knowing Nikon this is likely to take weeksSent you a PM John. If you've registered the body at Nikon, they turn it round in 10 days - 5 if you have a second pro-level body

If you're lucky - or they may just sit on it for 2 months like they did with my D2X Waiting for a part.

Unfortunately my error was very similar to the posters, all AF lenses stopped working. Though mine powered up and I did not get an error, it just showed a dead battery every so often and the lens would not focus.

I was recently faced with a similar dilemma just before going on holiday. My decision rather than miss opportunities was to get a new camera on 12 months interest free. Have since sold serviced camera and now have a nice new one to play with. Plus more than half the money required to pay off the new one sitting earning some interest.

Financially not the most sound investment I know, but faced with the waste of a significant amount of money in the holiday and travelling it seemed worthwhile. (Cost oh holiday [spec. photographic in nature] less than difference between money received for old and owed for new camera)

Just a thought - I know that option isn't open to everyone.