Black pictures Hi have just gone to take some shots over weekend on my coolpix 5000, and all pics are black, (and i know it was sunny when i took em) any suggestions, camera hasn't been dropped or misused, and all other functions seem fine, but even the movie section is black, sound ok just no pics??

This happened because you are not a camera repair technician. You took a complicated piece of electronic equipment apart without any knowledge of what you were doing. I'm glad that at least, your pics turn out.

sadly, they are gone forever.  A sad way to learn a lesson.

earlier i posted solution in similary problem. maybe help you this.

solution is good batteries, Ni-Mh or Lithium, rechargeable only not alkaline. but...problem is how long you watch pictures on lcd display or how much is flash in use. if always by shooting pics used flash that means that you can with best batteries 30, 20 or less pics shooted. and of course, if you connect camera with pc, how long is cam on? just transfer pics on pc and turn the camera off. the best solution is use the card reader for pics transfering.
if is flash off, it's possible to shot 120-150 pics with Ni-Mh. with lithium i don't know, maybe 500 pics. don't use camera lcd for analysing pics it's just there for short preview.
with alkaline batt., very low quality, i shot 30 pics without flash.

i shot also very good pics at night without flash. nikon coolpix L15 can do that but you must have more praxis. alkaline batteries shooting!
after 3 pictures on display is message: warning! the battery is exhausted. what you can do? turn the camera off. wait about 10 minutes. turn the camera on, you can shot 3 or 5 pictures and than turn your camera off again.
you can repeat this few times and you be lucky if you 30 pics captured:)
REMEMBER: all this goes without camera flash!!!
flash and every zooming use more battery power! and that was all magic:).

try rechargeble batteries. i switch to rechargeble batteries and they last much longer than regular batteries.

its is a LCD defect
get it serviced

THE I-40 & I-60 ARE KNOWN TO PRODUCE SOME B&W PICS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. ALSO THE DIRECTION CAMS ARE AIMED,I.E., FACING EAST, WEST WILL AFFECT TIME CAM SWITCHES TO IR MODE...

Hi,
I owna Nikon L101. its 2 years old.

Only old pictures can be seen in the LCD. I couldnt take any new pictures everything taken new is black in the LCD Screen.
I took to camera shop they said CCD is down and it is common with this Model.

Please let me know waht to do?

Regards,
ganesan
Bangalore.
India

PER007 in solution #3 is correct.

• Follow the URL: http://www.nikonusa.com/email_images/nikonusa/service_advisory/launch_all.html
• Fill out the form
• Mail in your camera if it's listed
• Receive your working unit free of charge

I had the same problem with my CoolPix5400 and this resolved the issue.

Depending on how long you have had the camera - Nikon may come up with a free solution. Contact Technical Support at Nikon. The auto focus is not functioning as it should. Do make sure you are not covering any 'Windows' on the front of the camera when taking, shots.

Sorry to tell you this but your CCD is gone. In a fwe days time pics will be black in color. CP 5400 uses a batch of defective Sony CCD's. Nikon's service center in Kolkata, India replaced the CCD in my CP 5400 free of cost. This was because Nikon has issued a service advisory. Try your luck with the Nikon service center closest to your home!