My D70 camera green light just started to blink and camera quit?

Question

Now what? It's 4 years old. Throw it away?

Answer 1

Among Nikonians, it's know as the BGLOD (blinking green light of death)

The bad news is that you have to send it in to Nikon.

The good news, is that Nikon recognizes it as a defect and will repair it for free.

To quote their service advisory:

"It has come to our attention that select electrical components in a limited number of D70 cameras may, in some instances, fail affecting camera performance and/or operability.

While only a limited number of D70 cameras are affected by this advisory, if (1) when a memory card is inserted, your D70's memory card access lamp blinks, locking camera operations and preventing operation, or (2) with no memory card inserted, the camera will not turn on despite the battery indicator showing a fully charged battery, Nikon Inc. will service it free of charge.

To obtain complimentary service for cameras affected by this advisory, please click the link below to download and print the Service Return Form. The Service Return Form provides return instructions.

The Frequently Asked Questions button at the bottom of this page offers more information about this advisory and, should you have more questions, also provides information about how to contact Nikon.

We apologize for any inconvenience you may experience."

You can read the original text here, just click on the D70 button.  You can then click on the "Download D70 Service Return Form" link to set up the free repair.

http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nik...

Answer 2

Try this eject CF card, take out the battery now put in battery and CF card. if this doesn't work try the reset switch on the bottom of the camera page 200 of the user manual.

Or, Go to Flickr D70 user group, or Nikonians forum and ask over there, and see what answer you'll get there.

Flickr D70 user group

http://flickr.com/groups/d70/

Nikonians

http://www.nikonians.org/

Answer 3

First call Nikon USA's free live tech help line, (800) NIKON-UX, which is open all the time, 24/7/365

What green light?  The one in the viewfinder is the one that tells you when your lens is in focus .... when it blinks, it is near focus and when it is turned off, it is out of focus.