Nikon 70-200 VR1, VR kapput

[gad-westy]

Bought a total basket case of a 70-200 VR1 a little while back. It all worked nicely, just needed a lot of TLC. That is until I knocked the bloody thing over whilst working on it and now the VR isn't working.

Symptoms are that the VR functions when you first turn the camera on but then stops. To restart it, I need to switch the camera on and off again. If the camera is completely still, it will work forever more (handy that!). As soon as you move the camera slightly, it stops and the camera needs to be reset to get any life out of it again. Is this terminal or is there anything I can try to affect a repair?

 

[pete.rush]

You could try and effect a repair yourself, but would probably be safer to send it to a repair centre

Parts list
http://www.nodevice.com/manual/newmans/nikon/afvr70200-plpdf/get33073.html
Service manual
http://www.nodevice.com/manual/newmans/nikon/afs80200-plpdf/get33054.html

 

[Gary Coyle]

Thats a £400 repair

 

[gad-westy]

You could try and effect a repair yourself, but would probably be safer to send it to a repair centre

Parts list
http://www.nodevice.com/manual/newmans/nikon/afvr70200-plpdf/get33073.html
Service manual
http://www.nodevice.com/manual/newmans/nikon/afs80200-plpdf/get33054.html

Cheers. Will take a look

 

[gad-westy]

Thats a £400 repair

Yeah, thought it would be up in that area if not more. Not worth repairing at that price. I can use it as is.

 

[pete.rush]

Cheers. Will take a look

There's a fee to download, don't know how much

 

[Ozei]

It's free here - http://lens-club.ru/public/files/pdfs/0bbc63d4ca816ae08666dc4ed9486dbf.pdf

 

[sk66]

Bought a total basket case of a 70-200 VR1 a little while back. It all worked nicely, just needed a lot of TLC. That is until I knocked the bloody thing over whilst working on it and now the VR isn't working.

Symptoms are that the VR functions when you first turn the camera on but then stops. To restart it, I need to switch the camera on and off again. If the camera is completely still, it will work forever more (handy that!). As soon as you move the camera slightly, it stops and the camera needs to be reset to get any life out of it again. Is this terminal or is there anything I can try to affect a repair?

Sounds like a lens mount contact issue...

 

[StewartR]

It's free here - http://lens-club.ru/public/files/pdfs/0bbc63d4ca816ae08666dc4ed9486dbf.pdf

And very probably a breach of copyright. As photographers, do we care about that?

 

[Ozei]

I suspect all of the downloadable service manuals are breach of copyright, inc the one on nodevice.com

 

[Ozei]

duplicated post

 

[StewartR]

I suspect all of the downloadable service manuals are breach of copyright, inc the one on nodevice.com

I suspect they are. I just mentioned it because most photographers are generally pretty hot on copyright infringement, but in situations like this they might take a different view...

For what it's worth, I think the manufacturers would be mad to try to enforce copyright on things like user manuals and service manuals. Having these things circulating freely means people are going to be more comfortable buying used equipment, which has to be good for the manufacturers.

 

[Ozei]

I agree.

Plus, Graham (the OP) only wants the service manual to suss out what to do with his VR. He's not planning to sell the manual to make money for himself.