Camera Help. Nikon people might be able to help me

[spaceace12]

Yesterday at Six Flags St. Louis, I was trying to take a picture and the camera just froze up. I turned th power on then off a couple times and did nothing. I tried the reset on the bottom of my camera, and it reset it but got a error message saying my memory card is not useable. I switched memory cards and took the battery pack out and back in. It took pictures, but the word "clock" is solid when not taking a pictures and flashes when I do. I am thinking it might be a internal clock battery is bad, but I didn't see any place for a battery to be replaced at. My camera is a Nikon d70s Dslr.

[coasterdude28]

Sounds strange. I would contact Nikon Support. I'm sure you can find a number or email address on their website.

 

Also check your manual if you still have it. It may say what to do in this situation.

 

to be safe, I would transfer all of your images from your memory card to computer before you loose them. Maybe clearing out your memory card would help as well. Good luck.

[spaceace12]

I don't think the memory card is the issue because I changed memory cards and it worked fine with the exception the date stamp on the pic file saying 2005. I am going to try to find time to call Nikon soon, hopefully I don't have to send it in because I need it in a month because I got a race and Indiana Beach opening day to take pics at (my small camera would do for IB, but not the race).

[mcjaco]

^ I'd se if you could send it in. Canon had my camera back to me within ten days. Of course, it was a covered issue.

[spaceace12]

I went to my local shop and they think it might be I need to reset the time/date on the camera since I did a master reset.

[spaceace12]

So I tried the setting the time/date once, and apparently didn't save it because when I did it last night, it saved and clock stopped flashing. Whew, saved myself the hassle of calling Nikon Tech Support.