Brand new user to this forum and darn glad I found it. Anyway, I just want describe the situation that happened with me and my camera.
I had used the DVX100 one evening, all night. The next morning day, it's time to shoot and the darn thing won't power up. Numerous batteries, and AC and nothing. It's dead. I'm thinking what could I have possibly done done in the span of seven hours? I take it to a repair center, wait the the standard two weeks and here's what happened:
The tripod mount of the DVX100 apparently goes rather deep into into the camera. A tip of the mount fractured and was floating around in the camera and eventually shorted the cam out. The tech replaced the internal fuse, but it blew once he turned it on again, so the damage is board level. It's looking like 500-800 dollar repair that may or may not be covered under the exteded warranty. We will see.
It would seem that Panny would put something, that would probably cost less than nickel, that would shield the mount from the internals of the camera. Regardless, my pain is hopefully your future gain and be VERY careful with your tripod mount and how you tighten it. I THOUGHT we were being cautious, but apparently not cautious enough.
I had used the DVX100 one evening, all night. The next morning day, it's time to shoot and the darn thing won't power up. Numerous batteries, and AC and nothing. It's dead. I'm thinking what could I have possibly done done in the span of seven hours? I take it to a repair center, wait the the standard two weeks and here's what happened:
The tripod mount of the DVX100 apparently goes rather deep into into the camera. A tip of the mount fractured and was floating around in the camera and eventually shorted the cam out. The tech replaced the internal fuse, but it blew once he turned it on again, so the damage is board level. It's looking like 500-800 dollar repair that may or may not be covered under the exteded warranty. We will see.
It would seem that Panny would put something, that would probably cost less than nickel, that would shield the mount from the internals of the camera. Regardless, my pain is hopefully your future gain and be VERY careful with your tripod mount and how you tighten it. I THOUGHT we were being cautious, but apparently not cautious enough.
