NIKON D70 Time Bomb

Beware owners of the Nikon D70 camera body. There is a potential problem with your camera. We are still lacking full details, and you can bet there will not be agressive disclosure of this problem by the folks at Nikon. I discovered the problem recently when I dusted off my D70 from storage, inserted a freshly charged battery, and nothing. Nothing happened for a while, but I went through all the logical steps - charging the battery again, clicking the on-off button to try to jolt it to life ... and nothing going. Then what has come to be called the "blinking green light of death" came on on the back of the camera. At the time, I did not know there was such a thing, but only a couple of days later I received an e mail from a previous student who described the problem I was having precisely - was happening to her D70. OK, two does not make a trend. Then, I was describing the situation to a fellow photographer, and he said the guy he sold his D70 to had just called him to let him know the D70 had suddenly quit working. Now we have a trend. In talking to the folks ad Dallas Camera, they described the problem before I had time to finish my sentence. It seems there is a defect in one of the solders on a circuit board in the D70. I don't know if this is the early models or all D70's. I also do not know if this includes the D70s, but must assume at this time that it does not. Start with the business that sold you the camera. They should be able to do all the proper shipping and whatever else goes along with a non-recall recall (for lack of a better description). I have heard that Nikon is fixing this problem at no charge - as they should - but that is a little hard to believe. SO BEWARE THE BLINKING GREEN LIGHT OF DEATH - if this is your only camera or you are thinking of buying a used D70.