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ColoPhotog
June 1st, 2005, 10:52 AM
Yesterday I needed to clean my CCD so I got out the sensor swipe and pec-pads and Eclipse fluid and after 8 trys I got it down to just 2 spots of dust. Knowing that the next try might be 5 spots I quit there and put the camera away. This morning I need to take a shot and when I went to shoot, my focus just hunts back and forth. Does not change with different lens or how much contrast. I can try and focus on a newspaper headline from 24" away with my 60mm macro in broad daylight and it just hunts back and forth. I've reset everything re-installed the lense a dozen times, put fresh batteries in it. Nothing fixes the problem. I Think I broke it. The camera is about 3 months old from B&H. Where do I go from here?
Linda G
June 1st, 2005, 11:11 AM
http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/ServiceSupportRepairContent.jsp?dbid=674544

Go there, print out the form and mail it off. I've sent all our stuff on to NJ. You can give them a call first to get more info, they may have an over the phone solution for you, never know!

Let us know how it goes. Now I'm off to check your website. You live in a llovely area!
ColoPhotog
June 1st, 2005, 11:44 AM
Thanks a ton Linda! I haven't updated my website in a while though. I've been putting all my new work on OMP. Here is a link:
http://www.onemodelplace.com/photographer_list.cfm?P_ID=76980


Thanks again
Bob
Linda G
June 1st, 2005, 11:59 AM
Lovely stuff. We used to have a photographer from Loveland in our lab. you have some great looking people there for model material!
ColoPhotog
June 1st, 2005, 12:25 PM
Can you send me some info on your lab? Currently i'm with H&H but I'm always open to change.
ColoPhotog
June 1st, 2005, 04:18 PM
Ok Boxed it up, Called fuji and they said ship it so off it goes. Sent today UPS ground (I'm cheap) so the clock starts now!
ColoPhotog
June 17th, 2005, 12:51 PM
Well, just a few minutes ago FedEx dropped off my S3. Checked everything out and it seems to work perfect. I'm a little confused though. The paperwork says "Replaced camera body (M201) courtesy cleaned CCD, updated format Ver. 2.12." The frame numbers indicated that its a brand new camera and indeed it looks like it too. But the serial # is the same as the one I sent in. Do they put your old serial number on a new body?