So, it appears of Sony’s DSC-W170, one of their popular ultra-slim point-and-shoots, may sometimes experience an issue with the plating on the bezel around the lens peeling off and splintering. Details on the recall can be found over at Sony, so if you’re thinking your camera is among those affected you might want to check it out so they can get you fixed up.
› archive for ‘Service Notices’
Nikon D5000 Service Recall Begins Today
As mentioned earlier this week, Nikon’s D5000 has experienced a hiccup where a controlled serial number range appears to have issues with turning on. Nikon is holding true to their promise of fixing this problem swiftly, and they have a facility set-up just to handle repairs for those unfortunate few of you afflicted.
If you want to know if your D5000 should be sent in for servicing, check out their page below, where you’ll find a little widget where you can enter your serial number and it’ll tell you if you’re in the affected batch.
To the best of our understanding, this problem has been addressed and all new shipments of D5000′s won’t be afflicted by this issue, so new orders can be certain they’re getting the quality Nikon product they deserve.
Nikon Issues Service Notice for Select D5000 Units
Late last week Nikon issued a notice stating that it is preparing to recall and fix a select range of D5000′s which have been experiencing the delightful issue of not turning on. From Nikon:
While Nikon takes great measures to assure high quality in its imaging products, it has come to our attention that an electronic component related to power control in some Nikon D5000 digital SLR cameras does not meet factory specifications and may, in certain circumstances, prevent the camera from turning on, thus preventing operation of the camera.
I haven’t heard any of these issues coming back through here, so I’ll believe them when they say this is a fairly contained issue. They’ll have the list of affected serial numbers and how to send them in up Thursday, so we’ll follow up then. Go ahead and read their service notice, it does sound like they’ll get you fixed as straight-away as they can if you happen to be afflicted with this.