Omg My Digital Camera Fell !!!!!

fresh21 · 06-14-2005, 10:03 PM

my digi cam fell and the zoom cant go in anymore !! you know when you're done with the camera and you close it and the zoom goes in well it's blocked !!
im so mad and sad right now. my mom said we'll go to a store to fix it but i hope they'll be able to.

is it going to be expensive to fix that and is that a major problem ?? i had to beg my mom like crazy for her to buy me that camera and now i broke it ...

swannema · 06-14-2005, 10:16 PM

What camera is it?
Maybe it is just a tiny piece that blocks the zoom, some sand, stone. If it is damaged it will be expensive.

Good luck.

fresh21 · 06-15-2005, 04:10 PM

i dont think its a lil sand cause its not going back at all and its a Finepix A203 and thanx ... and what do u mean by damaged ?

*Bofinn* · 06-15-2005, 04:14 PM

Here are some example prices for repair:

http://www.zuiko.com/Digrepair.htm

Welcome to the Zone by the way!

rjs735 · 06-15-2005, 06:40 PM

My digital camera more than fell it stopped working altogether. I wasl all set to hear so sad too bad buy a new one because it is out of warranty and about 3 years old.

Instead Olympus said send it in and for $78 we will diagnose replace and recertify to factory specs within 10 days.

Well done Olympus. I haven't done it yet but I am going to.

Just thought someone might be interested.

ronbo 613 · 06-16-2005, 06:05 PM

fresh21-If you dropped the camera, it's pretty likely that you have damaged the lens zooming transport system, that is, knocked the lens out of whack. Set the camera on it's back on a flat surface. Check to see if the lens is tilted in any direction. It should be 90 degrees relative to the camera body. Look at a photo(if the camera can still take one). If one side(or the top or bottom) is in focus and the other side is out of focus, that's what has happened. In any case, I would guess that any repair is going to approach the cost of the camera.

fresh21 · 06-17-2005, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by rjs735

My digital camera more than fell it stopped working altogether. I wasl all set to hear so sad too bad buy a new one because it is out of warranty and about 3 years old.

Instead Olympus said send it in and for $78 we will diagnose replace and recertify to factory specs within 10 days.

Well done Olympus. I haven't done it yet but I am going to.

Just thought someone might be interested.

aww ur lucky ... my warranty says they're not responsible for the damages unless its a fabrication defect

fresh21 · 06-17-2005, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronbo 613

fresh21-If you dropped the camera, it's pretty likely that you have damaged the lens zooming transport system, that is, knocked the lens out of whack. Set the camera on it's back on a flat surface. Check to see if the lens is tilted in any direction. It should be 90 degrees relative to the camera body. Look at a photo(if the camera can still take one). If one side(or the top or bottom) is in focus and the other side is out of focus, that's what has happened. In any case, I would guess that any repair is going to approach the cost of the camera.

i cant even take a picture but when i look on the display screen its kinda blurred and yah the lens is kinda tilted . wow if the price to repair it is almost like the cost of the camera that'd be like buying another one .. ahhhhhh my mommy is gonna murder me

***Ozzie*** · 10-22-2006, 01:34 PM

...my guess is his mommy did murder him...

SpeedDMN · 10-22-2006, 01:58 PM

No word since June?.... Yeah dead and buried in the basement probably along with the camera

JaGWiRE_abx · 10-22-2006, 02:06 PM

I think the OP is funny, considering I post on camera forums where people own things that are not little $200 cameras, but instead several thousand dollar cameras, with thousands of dollars in lenses. These guys have had pretty bad things happen, or at least some of them, and they just deal with it. One guy on the forum does photorgaphy of paintballers, and he posted a bunch of photos of his lenses just destroyed by paintballs (thousands and thousands down the drain.)

**k0NG0** · 10-22-2006, 02:28 PM

Well, not everyone has thousands to plonk down on cameras or lenses all willy nilly. A damaged point-and-shoot camera is still pretty bad if it's all you have.

SpeedDMN · 10-22-2006, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kONGO

Well, not everyone has thousands to plonk down on cameras or lenses all willy nilly. A damaged point-and-shoot camera is still pretty bad if it's all you have.

Yeah I had a Gateway camera that was damaged somehow when I accidentally slammed it on the floor. I mean you would think it would survive one little body slam! BTW Gateway has no business making cameras. Worse piece of crap I ever saw and it was not all that cheap price wise. It was found in a park so not like I bought it.

JaGWiRE_abx · 10-22-2006, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kONGO

Well, not everyone has thousands to plonk down on cameras or lenses all willy nilly. A damaged point-and-shoot camera is still pretty bad if it's all you have.

I supose, but with camera's being on everything these days, I wouldn't see it being that big of a deal. With P&S getting so much more advanced every day, I would not be all that ****** if I was an average consumer having to replace my product, because I'de have peace of mind I'de be buying something better. I am really amazed how well some technologies such as modern P&S are, I mean people do nothing more then push a shutter button and they get a photo that is actually half decent. You can also take some really good serious photos with P&S too.

Still, when I carry stuff around, whether it be my camera or my jacket, I know that something can happen, and if it does that I am most likely only to blame. No point in beating yourself up over something that's already done.

Monkey Hanger · 10-22-2006, 06:24 PM

[quote=JaGWiRE;1338820]I supose, but with camera's being on everything these days, I wouldn't see it being that big of a deal. With P&S getting so much more advanced every day, I would not be all that ****** if I was an average consumer having to replace my product, because I'de have peace of mind I'de be buying something better. [quote]

Easy for you to say when you don't have work to spend the equivalent of a weeks work on a replacement camera!

06-14-2005, 10:03 PM	#1
fresh21 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4	Omg My Digital Camera Fell !!!!! my digi cam fell and the zoom cant go in anymore !! you know when you're done with the camera and you close it and the zoom goes in well it's blocked !! im so mad and sad right now. my mom said we'll go to a store to fix it but i hope they'll be able to. is it going to be expensive to fix that and is that a major problem ?? i had to beg my mom like crazy for her to buy me that camera and now i broke it ...
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06-14-2005, 10:16 PM	#2
swannema ???????????????? Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 9,627	What camera is it? Maybe it is just a tiny piece that blocks the zoom, some sand, stone. If it is damaged it will be expensive. Good luck.
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06-15-2005, 04:10 PM	#3
fresh21 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4	i dont think its a lil sand cause its not going back at all and its a Finepix A203 and thanx ... and what do u mean by damaged ?
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06-15-2005, 04:14 PM	#4
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06-16-2005, 06:05 PM	#6
ronbo 613 Computer User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,642	fresh21-If you dropped the camera, it's pretty likely that you have damaged the lens zooming transport system, that is, knocked the lens out of whack. Set the camera on it's back on a flat surface. Check to see if the lens is tilted in any direction. It should be 90 degrees relative to the camera body. Look at a photo(if the camera can still take one). If one side(or the top or bottom) is in focus and the other side is out of focus, that's what has happened. In any case, I would guess that any repair is going to approach the cost of the camera.
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10-22-2006, 02:06 PM	#11
JaGWiRE_abx Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,912	I think the OP is funny, considering I post on camera forums where people own things that are not little $200 cameras, but instead several thousand dollar cameras, with thousands of dollars in lenses. These guys have had pretty bad things happen, or at least some of them, and they just deal with it. One guy on the forum does photorgaphy of paintballers, and he posted a bunch of photos of his lenses just destroyed by paintballs (thousands and thousands down the drain.) __________________ DFI LAN PARTY UT NF4, Amd Athlon 3200+ 64 VENICE @ 2.5 ghz (250x4/x10), 1 GB (512x2 in dual channel, 150 divider) OCZ Premier 2.5-3-3-7 @ 2.5-3-3-8, Sapphire Raedon X800XL, Zalman 7700-alcu, OCZ MODSTREAM 450W, Thermaltake Tsunami Silver w/ Window, 1x 250GB WD Sata150 HD, 1x Lite-on DVD-R/RW 1x Pioneer DVD-R/RW, Bios 6-18, Windows XP
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k0NG0 Remembering TQ Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 13,621	Well, not everyone has thousands to plonk down on cameras or lenses all willy nilly. A damaged point-and-shoot camera is still pretty bad if it's all you have. __________________ Use Firefox - "the one that blocks all the schmutz" Feeling multicore elation? Remember this correlation: Amdahl's Law.
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10-22-2006, 06:24 PM	#15
Monkey Hanger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 10,590	[quote=JaGWiRE;1338820]I supose, but with camera's being on everything these days, I wouldn't see it being that big of a deal. With P&S getting so much more advanced every day, I would not be all that ****** if I was an average consumer having to replace my product, because I'de have peace of mind I'de be buying something better. [quote] Easy for you to say when you don't have work to spend the equivalent of a weeks work on a replacement camera!
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