From: Vladimir (stoli_photo@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun May 11 2003 - 16:39:44 EDT
If anyone had a dead CP 880 they are willing to sell for
parts...please contact me off-line. Thanks....
Vladimir--- In NikonCoolPix@yahoogroups.com, "Vladimir"
<stoli_photo@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a schematic anywhere for dissasembly
of
> the CP 880 ? I dropped mine and the zoom lens must have snapped
> partially out of it's housing. Hate to pay $215 for the
repair....so
> either I fix it or I ditch it! They are very fragile as you mention
> in your post !
>
> Thanks.... Vladimir
>
>
> --- In NikonCoolPix@yahoogroups.com, "oldrockygn" <jimbetz@j...>
> wrote:
> > This is a follow-up to the "I dropped my 950" posts.
> > To refresh your memory I dropped my Coolpix - in its
> > supplied softcase - from waist high to a wood floor.
> > It landed flat on the floor on one of the large faces
> > with a sickening thump ...
> > After that drop there was no external damage whatsoever
> > (OK, the battery and CF card doors were popped open but
> > they weren't damaged and all I had to do was simple close
> > them). But when I turned the camera on I heard a 'continuous
> > ratcheting/grinding sound' followed by the dreaded "System
> > Error" in red on the LCD - and the camera wouldn't power
> > off without popping the battery door open.
> >
> > Folks - take EXTRA care with your Coolpix cameras! If
> > you drop it or even whack it hard during normal handling
> > it is highly likely that it will be damaged. The internals
> > of the lens/viewfinder part of the camera are rather
> > poorly designed in terms of 'sensitivity to shock'. Having
> > opened one up and gone thru it I can tell you that there
> > are several ways you can get the dreaded "System Error" if
> > you drop your Coolpix.
> >
> > I'm really disappointed that the problem even happened. To
> > my way of thinking if a camera doesn't sustain any exterior
> > damage whatsoever then nothing inside it should be thrown
> > off either. In doing the research for this repair what I
> > learned (I had an idea before but didn't really comprehend
> > the fact fully) is that the Coolpix line is seriously flawed
> > in this manner. When I went thru the repair it became even
> > more obvious that the guts of the camera are HIGHLY prone
> > to failure from any kind of hard bump. There are lots of
> > little design flaws in how the Coolpix lens assemblies are
> > built and implemented that will produce similar failures.
> > Failures which, in my opinion, will make lots of the cameras
> > go to the junk heap far before they should.
> >
> > In addition - the repairs for this kind of failure are
> > being highly over-charged for by NikonUSA. If I can repair
> > my 950 in two hours - without any special tools or training -
> > and the first time I've ever opened one up ... then it is
> > hard to understand why it costs something in the range of
> > $200 to have it done by Nikon's 'trained technicians'. OK,
> > so their guarantee of the fix and the availability of parts
> > on the shelf if they need them is worth something ... it
> > still seems a bit exorbitant that we pay well over $100/hr
> > for repairs that can be done with nothing more than common
> > sense and a small Phillips screw driver!
> >
> > From my point of view - it was well worth it for me to
> > attempt the repairs myself. I'm not sure I could have
> > packaged and gotten the camera shipped to Nikon for less
> > than an hour of my time (don't forget the trip to the
> > shipping facility and the cost of the shipping). When
> > you balance that two hours I spent against sending the
> > camera to Nikon and having it unusable for a couple of
> > weeks or so - and the cost of shipping and repairs - well
> > it seems obvious to me that I made the right choice when
> > I decided to "open it up and see what I find".
> > Yes, I have some 'related experience' in dissembling
> > and working with miniaturized equipment - but I am
> > certainly not a camera repair technician (although this
> > experience makes me think seriously about 'hanging out my
> > shingle' ... *G*).
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