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Wednesday, 18th April, 2007

I wanted my Nikon F100 to be cleaned
[posted at 10:55 GMT]    

I have feeling that viewfinder of my Nikon F100 needs some cleaning. The contrast is not the best in it and I feel it is bit DIM. So I wrote e-mail to Nikon Service point in The Netherlands. They reply very fast and even in English. (I do speak Dutch, but writing is still a bit problem for me).
On my surprise, they seems to not read my email. So I explain again what I like to do and they again answer in short time. But again I have feeling like they do not want to do anything for me, even not read my email. Or simple they just did not understand. I am attaching our email conversation. But I have no idea what should I do. Any suggestions?
Maybe I simply need to find some other Nikon F100 around and compare the viewfinders.

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richo:
Dear Sir, please excuse me writing in English, but my written Dutch skill are not on necessary level.

I would like to ask you about the price for cleaning my Nikon F100. Especially I have feeling that viewfinder could be improved by cleaning.

I found on your web site only prices for digital cameras.

Thank you for your kind answer.

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Nikon Service:
Dear sir,

We don't have specially prices for cleaning a camera. The website tells you only about cleaning a CCD (sensor) of a digital camera. Why does the camera need to be cleaned?

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richo:
Well I use camera every day and it has already few years and there is dust inside of film chamber, I could clean that myself as I always do, but I have feeling that viewfinder is very cloudy. I believe it needs to be cleaned.

What kind of regular service do you do for F100 SLR?

Thank you for your kind answer

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Nikon Service:
If there are no problems with the F100 there's no need to let it cleaned

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