d300s bent pins compact flash

It'll have been bent when you put a card into it, either a dodgy card, or not inserting it correctly (I did similar, luckily, on a card reader that cost me £6, rather than a camera itself!)

You don't really have a choice but to send it back to Nikon for repair, and it'll probably cost in the region of £2-300 I'm afraid.

EDIT: My original estimate may have been high, others have suggested between £100-150
 
steve_lyt said:
i think i have bent one of the pins on the conncetor inside the camera

nikon say it is not under warrenty , anyone else had this problem

Cheers Steve
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There was another bent pin thread for a D300 recently.

This can only be caused by the end user, so its not a warranty issue, as it didn't ship with bent pins.

Workaround I guess is to use an SD card for the time being?
 
Think there was also a parts issue causing long delays for this repair :(
 
If you're feeling brave you could use tweezers or some other thin object to try and unbend the pin. How did you manage that though? I always push my CF card in slowly to avoid this, as my camera does NOT have a SD slot, so I'd be well and truly buggered..
 
I did the same thing on my old 10D by putting the card in the wrong way but managed to straighten it using a pair of long thin tweezers.
Before you send it off to Nikon try a quote from Lehmanns they are based in Stoke (not far from Manchester) and 10 minutes walk from Stoke station. They are very good where cameras are concerned.
http://www.hlehmann.co.uk/

hope this helps
Dave
 
it was an accident , im still upset at nikon , i know it is difficult to do , but it happened .
this feature was what sold the cameras to me , in the first place. and it is satated as one of the main advantages.

looks like i will have to pay out to get it repaired

thanks everyone
Cheers Steve
 
steve_lyt said:
it was an accident , im still upset at nikon , i know it is difficult to do , but it happened .
this feature was what sold the cameras to me , in the first place. and it is satated as one of the main advantages.

looks like i will have to pay out to get it repaired

thanks everyone
Cheers Steve
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Unfortunately a warranty is not there to cover accidents. Insurance does that, which you could of course look into.
 
steve_lyt said:
i am covered for acidental damage , on my house insureance
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Then put in a claim with your home insurance, although the deductable may well cost more than simply paying to have your mistake repaired.
 
i am covered under acidental damage on my insurance

it will cost me £50 excess , i have benn luckly this has not happened int he past

the cost is some were between 70 - 200 from nikon

Thanks for the help



Cheers Steve
 
Steve don't be put off with a Nikon repair. :)
I have just had my D700 returned and this is the invoice.
Fit new spare parts.
Repair/replace printed circuit board & adjust as necessary.
Firmware upgrade to the latest version.
Check/adjust body depth and mirrors to standard.
Check and test AF accuracy metering, exposure adjust to Nikon standard.
Check, test and clean equipment.
This job may be re-estimated if further faults are found during repair.
Total including freight £39.33

My pins got bent because of a faulty SanDisk (Nikon recommend).:thumbsdown:
SanDisk lifetime guarantee didn't want to know because I can still use it in a card slot on my PC. :thumbsdown:
I now only use Lexar pro cards, good tip I picked up on here from Woodsy :thumbs: (photographer of the year) leave your card in the camera and use Nikon transfer. Not much help if you are on a shoot and have to use more than one card but for the odd few shots it's ace.
 
i have some shoots to do until 1st aug , then i have till the 27th to get it sorted.

i`m luck i can still use sd cards till i can get it to them for repair

i hope this is enough time for them to sort it for me

cheers Steve
 
They shut down for the whole of August for their hols :lol::lol::lol: joke.
They turned mine around within two weeks.:thumbs:
 
We used to straighten bent pins on computers, laptops and card readers regularly using a thin screwdriver.

Even straightened dozens of pins on a CPU once without issue.
 
i got some good advice , when it get it fixed i will just get a
big compact flash and leave it in , and use usb to transfer th images off it.

the pin is completely bent , im just going to take it to a shop which will take about a week for the repair approx £140 .

Thanks for everyone help and advice

Cheers Steve
 
Yup been there, if they are bent at all just repair it. It stung me around £129 if memory serves when my fiance tried putting my CF card in for me on my ole D300 but they did a good job in the repair (still I traded it back to Nikon) .
To be fair I can understand why Steve is annoyed at Nikon, as the pins bend very easily and this repair is allegedly very common.
 
To be fair I can understand why Steve is annoyed at Nikon, as the pins bend very easily and this repair is allegedly very common.
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I'm with Nikon on this one, I don't want to upset anyone but I've owned a number of camea's with CF cards and not bent any pins yet.

I've also used about 8 different manufacturers of CF cards and none have bent pins if put in the camera's carefully.

It's like saying to a new car dealer, I crashed my car will you fix it for free. I'm sure I know te answer I'd get.
 
i had a d70s for 4-5 years and never damaged the compact flash connector,
i just wish that they would sort it the fist time if the camera was under warrenty, its only 4 months old, I quite agree that if i had done it repeatily that nikon would be quite right to say its not covered. or it was an optional addon i chose to purchase , but it was the reason i bourght the camera in the first place , simply because i never had a problem with compact flash before.

maybe nikon should issue a once only voucher that was valid for the warrenty and any parts that are prt of the camera build for such an Event happening

Cheers Steve
 
when i tried to streihgten a pin on a laptop i managed to break it, i have a 2 week slot to get it fixed . so i would rahther pay someone to it whilst the rest of the camera is still under gaurentee.

Cheers Steve
 
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