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Anonymous Posted on Apr 12, 2013

Nikon 3100 battery flickering while charging

The manual says that if this problem persists, the battery has drained out. But my camera is less than an year old, occasionally used. How come the battery is dead so soon? I am unable to charge it, have tried charging it for 24 hrs, still shows low battery.

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Clear your mind, get another battery or see if you are pushing the battery in hard enough to make contact the light should blink untill charged up if it it drained it may take awhile to charge and is the charger plugged in the wall. are the battery contacts facing the right way and making contact that's a common mistake. HERE'S AN IDEA, take your camera to BEST BUY and use their battery to see if your camera works

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SOURCE: Nikon D40 Error Message

Get the kit changed. That should not happen right out of the box, but make double sure the next time around, you charge the battery completely before using it the first time. Not doing this can cause problems.

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  • Posted on May 12, 2008

SOURCE: Nikon D70

Greetings,
It is actually an error message generated by your compact flash and means that the card is no longer readable. A lot of D70 owners have reported this error without being able to find another solution other than reinserting the card or changing the card to a different brand. In my D70s I use Sandisk Extreme III memory and, knock on wood, have not yet had this error. You could also try cleaning out the memory card slot and check to see that all pins are aligned and not bent.
Good Luck,
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 06, 2009

SOURCE: On my Nikon d80:

The "fEE" error indicates that the camera is not communicating with the lens. The lens may not be attached to the camera properly, or if it has an aperture ring, it may not be set to f22 (or the highest aperture number of the lens) - which is normally marked in orange. Select this aperture and lock it using the aperture locking switch to prevent this from occuring again.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 19, 2009

SOURCE: D50 wont power up

I have the same problem as well. It is not the battery. I took my camera to the store and had them put a new battery in while there. It never turned on. I really like this camera. I once took about 100 continuous shots. It was great. But now nothing. The D60 camera I have is a higher mega pixel, but does not do alot of things that the D50 does. I wish someone really had the answer as to how to fix it without a high cost.

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  • Posted on Dec 30, 2009

SOURCE: Nikon D60 won't turn on and the battery is

Usually, when your battery has been in the charger long enough for it to be fully charged, the indicator light either changes color, or turns off. This indicates that the charge is complete.
Does your light do either, change color or turn off?
If neither of these works right, check your user manual, usually in the back, which will tell you what the indicator lights mean.
If your camera and battery are doing what they are supposed to be doing, then you may have bought a faulty camera, or the battery which came with it was faulty.
Be certain to read the manual very carefully, to be certain that you are following the instructions properly. If you have done everything right, then return the camera and or battery to the place from which you purchased the camera, and have them check it out to ensure that all is proper.

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