Help? SD card door on my S5 has lost a bottom corner!

[jalywol]

Has anyone else had this happen? The camera has not been dropped, or hit, but the other day, I realized that the bottom corner of the SD card door had lost a corner!

I've owned Panasonic bodies for 12 years now, with a lot of M43 ones (plus the S5), and have never had anything break on any of them before.

Obviously, I have to replace the door, but I have no idea why this happened, and would prefer to have it not happen again.

Any advice on how to do the replacement would also be appreciated.

Thanks,
-J

 

[dirk]

OrWrite an email to Panasonic and I guess they can give you instructions.

 

[jalywol]

OrWrite an email to Panasonic and I guess they can give you instructions.

They'll probably tell me to send it in. If I can't find the service manual on line, I might end up doing that, unfortunately.

 

[pdk42]

Can you post a photo of the failed part?

 

[jalywol]

Can you post a photo of the failed part?

Tomorrow, when I can get a shot of it in good light.

 

[Pete_W]

I've owned Panasonic bodies for 12 years now, with a lot of M43 ones (plus the S5), and have never had anything break on any of them before.

I've never had anything break on my Panasonic cameras either. This sounds strange. If it's part of the door then perhaps it was bumped somehow?

 

[inspiredtimothy]

Banged against a table perhaps while shooting? That will be how my gear eventually breaks, I predict...