How to fix Nikon DSLR D700 Rear Command Dial
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- Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024
- Nikon D700 is almost a decade now, but it's still a very capable full frame camera even today. I have a lightly used D700 with a faulty rear command dial which is going to cost a lot for replacement.
Thankfully, I found another RUclips video for a different Nikon model, but the solution is exactly the same. So I recorded my own version for D700, and hopefully it can fix yours for just the cost of the cleaner aerosol spray.
I recorded with my Sony X1000V action cam before the fix, however, the video quality wasn't really good. So I took my other Sony A5100 for the 'after repair' video.
I’m so grateful you took the time to plan and video this. Four years later, you’ve helped me out too. This was exactly the problem and solution. Thank you!!
I just found both videos the morning after I shipped my d810 to the Nikon service center. I feel so sad- I know I won’t have it back now for seven weeks. But thank you. I imagine even when it comes back I will still need to do this,
Bought some contact cleaner at my local electronics store for 10$ and did exactly what you suggested. It worked perfectly! You saved me 250$
Glad that it worked for you!
Are you kidding me? If I had known this before buying a D750 you'd have saved me a ton of cash. Glad I held onto the old D700 though. Cleaned as shown in the video and it works perfectly. Thanks!!!!
Found your video - fixed my D3100 after several shots with canned air plus some shots of Ballistol. Dial is working now. All the time upside down to avoid damage to the interior. Put some cloth under the camera to let the remains float back out. Great hack - spared a likely unfortunate manual repair! Thanks.
I was so sad that my Nikon D3300 command dial was acting erratic and even stopped functioning. I couldn't change the shutter speed or the aperture at all. I did the same thing. Ordered a small can of WD-40 from Amazon, took out the battery and sprayed it into the command dial edges, scrolled on it to work it into it. Left it to dry for ten minutes, and it started working again, beautifully! Thanks so much for this! ❤️❤️
That's great to hear! but wd40 will leave oily residue, better take note.
Don't use wd40 that's a dewatering fluid. Electrical contact spray is the one to use. It is alcohol and evaporates.
I'm glad it worked for you. But I would not recommend spraying a penetrating oil like WD40 into a camera, ever. It does not clean corrosion on electrical contacts (the mechanical motion on the dial probably did that) and it does not sit in one place - it tracks all through the camera (that's why it's called a penetrating oil) and can cause other problems. Migrating oils and lubricants are a major cause of camera and lens failure.
Electrical contact cleaner is best for cleaning electrical contacts.
WD40?!?!? There's no way you used WD40! Not a chance in hell that you sprayed WD40 into the camera and 10 minutes later came back and it was completely dry and working again. That is physically not possible. Two things are true here, either you used something completely different than WD40 and actually was completely dry and working after spraying into the camera OR you are just making it all up. Your story is simply not possible
Just wanted to say... THANK YOU for posting this video tip!
Hi, gave it a try today - but with fewer and much smaller bursts of the contact cleaner, and it worked! My 2 cents are: always point the bursts to the outside side of the camera, to prevent liquid from reaching inintended parts. I tried on both dials, everythings is fine.
Will include this on my annual maintenance list of both the D700 and D7000. Thanks!
Fixed my faulty Nikon d3400 dial! I bought a refurb from nikon and after one too many turns the dial stuck. I didnt think it would work bc I havent had this camera for very long but this worked like a charm!
I have a Lumix GX80, I had the same idea but I wasn't sure about it but now the dial works well! The camera service told me about 50$ for cleaning... it seems you saved me some money! Thank you! ;)
That's great! It should work on anything using rotary dials like volume control on a head unit.
@@touristzz will this work for the wheel around the ok button on the p900, mine wont do anything when I spin it around
nikon d3200 here, thanks for posting this, it works now :)
Thank you so much. Thought my camera needs repairs!
CRC quick dry electronic cleaner is what Walmart has. Would that work if I can’t find this exact stuff z? Where can I get it
I have a D50 that has a similar issue. The dial turns fine but the camera does not respond to the turning of the dial at all. The camera is quite old so no longer under warranty. Any ideas on if this will work or not? Thanks
If it does not respond at all, it is unlikely to work since it is unlikely to be contact issue. But no harm trying. I guess.
This fixed my D700s dial right up. Careful to do it in short small bursts though. I probably sprayed a bit to much and ended up with faint runs on the inside of my top LCD cover. Really gotta look to see them but the fluid did make its way in there. Oh well, the dial works perfect now anyway and changing that top cover is trivial if it comes to that. Letting the thing air out now :)
Yea, I did encounter the same issue, but it should dry up and not affect the LCD. I think it's way more important to get the dials working then a slightly dirty LCD. :) Thanks for highlighting this.
@@touristzz , surprised you had the same thing happen given your short bursts. I sprayed with low pressure, but definitely more than I should have in retrospect. My dial wasn't even that bad, would just skip a beat here and there rotating to the right. Was always at a bad time though. I'll definitely deal with some difficult to see dried up runs over a flaky dial. It's a much cheaper issue to resolve if I cared to than the flaky dial.
@@iVTECInside Maybe I did spray a few more bursts after the video shoot as I wasn't fully happy with the results. Can't recall since I did this more than a year ago. I can't even see the stain now, so it should be fine.
Thanks man, just fixed my P900 doing this!
Do you have some data that it is a permanent fix or you have to repeat it from time to time?
Hello thank you for the video guide, you saved my old nikon d3200
I used crc kontakt60 to clean up , and after that crc kontakt WL
Glad that it helped you!
It really works for my d750 subcommand dial. Thanks a lot!
Thank you very much for this video because I got this problem with my camera I gonna try this tomorrow
So needless to say the d700 I ordered from MPB was not the right one. I purchased one with 40k actuations for 350 with heavy rubber grip malfunctioning. They sent me one with 140k actuations and broken rear wheel. Well I got them to take it back send the 40k click one
I cleaned mine, but rear dial became too tough to rotate: probably, the spray has washed off all grease. I do not want to pour oil into the camera, nor disassemble it. Any ideas?
Apart from using some oil, I don't think I have any good suggestions for you. Maybe larger particles are now trapped in the dial after using compressed air. Some bike chain teflon based lubes will dry up and not leave oily mess, that is something you can try if there is nothing to lose. It is likely that replacing the dial is the only choice left. Hope this helps.
I kinda have the same issue for my D3400, except for me it doesn't move at all from that aperture value no matter if I move it to the left / right. The camera is still in warranty, but I don't really wanna send it over as I will be without it for a while. Do you think this would work for me or would be best to just send it over in warranty?
I'm doubtful that your issue is caused by dirty contact, since your camera is still quite new, and it is still under warranty. Probably a broken dial. I don't recommend repairing using this guide.
@@touristzz Thanks for the quick reply. I will speak with the store to send it in warranty :(
I have the same problem on my Nikon Coolpix B700, will this work on it?
It looks like it has very similar dial like DSLR. It should work.
Thank you! It is good tip to turn it upside down.
Will this work on a Nikon F100? Sub command dial is not working.
If it's not detecting any click, then maybe not. This only works if the click is erratic.
thanks, i repair mi camera, with your help👍
I did this and even opened it up and cleaned again and still nothing. Do you know what else can I do?
When you mention nothing, do you mean it doesn't work at all, not just erratic? This method is meant to clean dirty or corroded contacts.
@@touristzz the dial doesn't do anything. either manual settings or scrolling. when i opened it I didn't see any visible corrosion either.
Just discovered this issue with my D3. GOnna try it!
Did this work? Pls answer, i just bough a D3 today which has this issue and I want to know of this fixes it
@@frederikvanreusel I just bought a D3 with the same issue. I haven't tried this yet.
@@hdtrejofor me it made the problem less noticeable but it didn't get completely fixed by doing this
@@frederikvanreusel Same here. I applied electronic contact cleaner a few times and it made a huge improvement. The issue is still there, but it's so much better than before.
Hopefully it will work for my D3, thanks!
It should work fine on D3 as well.
touristzz yes, it actually does work, thanks.
I have a similar problem on my D3s. The command dial is real sticky. Its hard to change aperture. I imagine this is the problem. Is that what you experienced? Thanks!
Daniel Delgado not exactly that but if that dial is sticky than this method should work as well, it is worth to try, good luck and please let us know about result of it.
Budget Snaps I will. I ordered the WD-40 version of this spray. It’ll arrive tomorrow and I’ll update. Thanks!
Thank you man!!!
So I just got done doing this and I’m scared to try it and see if it works cause I’m worried it didn’t.
Well, I don't think it can be worse than before...
Great video!
Will the CRC electronic cleaner on amazon work
Yup, definitely, that's the more expensive version of what we have over here. Any type of electronic contact cleaner should work.
touristzz I don’t understand what the difference would be....aren’t they both essentially doing the same thing by dusting off whatever is keeping the dial from making contact ?
I’m asking hoping your gonna tell me something positive and that there’s something special in that spray
@@dannyklesh dust buster should only contain compressed air, it's basically an air gun in a can. contact cleaner has isopropyl alcohol as main ingredient. both different products.
touristzz well hopefully I didn’t screw anything up. Do you think when I get the other stuff tmrw it will work ?
Arreglo mi d700, gracias
Arreglo mi d700 gracias.
Thank You sir.
Thank you!
Unfortunately I tried this ( be it with s different type of dust blaster ) and it didn’t wind up working. Bummer. Got it for 350 off mpb with only 40k actuations. I guess that’s why
Dust buster? Is it a compressed air in a spray can? That would not work. Contact cleaner has isopropyl alcohol. And what kind of problem are you facing? Is it exactly like what's happening in the clip?
touristzz exactly like the clip. Weird non responsive fluctuations. Basically bought something very similar to what you used. They had this one for sale by itself where the exact one you are using they made you buy 2 and of course just like I thought would happen I’m kicking myself for not getting the exact stuff you used
touristzz although yours seems to be way more responsive as far as actually somewhat working where as mine takes a lot more turns to even get it to change
touristzz just pisses me off cause with so many people commenting and saying it worked I was hopeful
touristzz but yes your right. I bought the wrong shit. And now that I think about it maybe that’s not what I saw in Walmart. It’s just called electronic cleaner by who though what company
Ok well I tried Walmart. Autozone and none of them have it so awesome. And I don’t have enough time to wait to order online and it’s not on amazon because I bought of mpb and have to ship back if messed up.
Ace hardware has it.