Ha, that smells D3/D700 flavour... aka, a DSLR...
Guess who bashed me years ago because I switched to D70

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Bolch" <lnbolch@...>
To: <coolpix990@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 08:43
Subject: Re: [coolpix990] The on/off button on the 990


>
> You could check through the archives, but I don't off hand recall any
> mention of it. The forum was very busy for the first four years or so
> of the decade, but is not quiet as most people have moved on to more
> contemporary equipment. Just want you to know that you are not being
> ignored if you don't get an answer.
>
> If you think it is worth fixing, I suggest you check with Nikon. While
> it was the state of the art when it came on the market and a wonderful
> camera, time and technology has moved on. I am still currently
> shooting with a state of the art Nikon and getting almost no visible
> noise at ISO6400 and finding ISO25,600 entirely usable for available
> darkness shooting. Unfortunately, no company is doing much with
> compact digital cameras, other than cramming an absurd amount of
> resolution - and noise - into ever smaller sensors.
>
> larry!
> http://www.larry-bolch.com/
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:59 PM, wherethegypsyangelsgo
> <wherethegypsyangelsgo@...> wrote:
>> Has anyone ever taken this apart and perhaps cleaned it. Many months
>> back my son left it outside and it was never the same again as in the
>> half press to focus then the harder press to take photo but most
>> photo's came out in focus.
>>
>> I tried to use it the other day and now, with fresh batteries, I turn
>> it on and it comes on, then shuts off. And then when I turn it off, it
>> stays on for a short while before actually shutting off and I couldn't
>> even get it to stay on long enough to get a picture.
>>
>> Any ideas and how would I get to the bottom part of that button? Anyone
>> been that deep into the camera?
>>
>>