Post by belgiumreporter on Apr 21, 2015 5:29:28 GMT -5
This is one of my newest aquisitions, a beautifull swivelbody black contax SL300RT* .
It came like new in the box with everything included even the original invoice.
My initial thought was to use it instead of my coolpix 995 because it is smaller, has a better LCD screen and all coolpix adapter lenses would fit.
After unboxing it i immediatly took it for a spin and all worked well until after the battery ran flat. I recharged the battery put it back in the camera and then everything went wrong, the red led on the back started blinking ( according to the manual because something is wrong with the camera, very helpfull to know if your holding a camera that doesn't do anything) I then went through the motions, changed the battery again, tried the ac adpter, changed the sd card, kept the camera warm and dry all to no avail. Can't say how many times i've tried to start the camera up again but nothing seems to work, now i feel just like a little kid who's pet just died, trying to convince himselve the pet's not dead, it is just in deep sleep...:-(((
My question is has anyody ever had a similar experience with a compact camera and had it fixed, because mostly people tend to say compacts cannot be repaired or aren't worth te be repaired, just buy another one. The bad news on the buy another one theme is i've only managed to source another SL 300 but the asking price is somewhat over 700 € !!!! no way Hosé on that for me.
On another note, does contax/ kyocera still even exist? the warranty card is with the camera ( but is after all this time void) and would this be a possible lead to have it repaired???
Any tips on trying things myselve without having to use a sledge hammer???
Two of the very few pictures i was aible to shoot with it:
It came like new in the box with everything included even the original invoice.
My initial thought was to use it instead of my coolpix 995 because it is smaller, has a better LCD screen and all coolpix adapter lenses would fit.
After unboxing it i immediatly took it for a spin and all worked well until after the battery ran flat. I recharged the battery put it back in the camera and then everything went wrong, the red led on the back started blinking ( according to the manual because something is wrong with the camera, very helpfull to know if your holding a camera that doesn't do anything) I then went through the motions, changed the battery again, tried the ac adpter, changed the sd card, kept the camera warm and dry all to no avail. Can't say how many times i've tried to start the camera up again but nothing seems to work, now i feel just like a little kid who's pet just died, trying to convince himselve the pet's not dead, it is just in deep sleep...:-(((
My question is has anyody ever had a similar experience with a compact camera and had it fixed, because mostly people tend to say compacts cannot be repaired or aren't worth te be repaired, just buy another one. The bad news on the buy another one theme is i've only managed to source another SL 300 but the asking price is somewhat over 700 € !!!! no way Hosé on that for me.
On another note, does contax/ kyocera still even exist? the warranty card is with the camera ( but is after all this time void) and would this be a possible lead to have it repaired???
Any tips on trying things myselve without having to use a sledge hammer???
Two of the very few pictures i was aible to shoot with it: