bellyface wrote:
pliobond. but, to be honest, just buy the nikon oem replacement rubber.
+1. I tried 3x with generic contact cement - didn't work. Pliobond worked on my old D50, but the thumb rubber ended up a little raised as I loaded both sides up with a double layer of the goop. Man that stuff is nasty too - if you're going that route be sure you have plenty of ventillation and don't get it on your fingers. I didn't have a whole lot to loose with the old D50 with around 22k actuations.
euronail wrote:
Alright....I followed veroman's advice and bought a jar of Contact cement at Home Depot this afternoon .... It does not work as I would expect. The problem is the rubber part has a contour area in the middle and the rubber is a bit stretch. When I press the rubber down, as soon as release it, it pops up. The rubber piece does not stay in place ....
This is all very curious because, when applied properly, two parts affixed with Weldwood Contact Cement will bond instantly and permanently. This is why it's used to secure furniture-grade wood veneer on top of plywood and for other serious uses where a secure bond and permanence are important.
You say the rubber "pops up" when you press it down. I can only imagine that somehow or another the cement did not bond to the rubber or metal surface in a some spots or somehow transferred to one part or the other when contact was made.
If the contact cement were on both surfaces, there's no way things would "pop up." That Weldwood stuff bonds on contact and is totally, 100% permanent. I have a piece of furniture in my guest room that I made 15 years ago using Weldwood to affix the cherry veneer to the under-lament of press wood. It's on there as solid and secure as the day I made it. No part of the veneer has ever popped up.
I had an F5 that had rubber that was stained, drying out, lifting away at the corners, etc- so I dropped it off at Nikon, and they replaced ALL of the rubber, for $95CDN. Picked it up looking like a brand new camera.
Rubber never took, nor got in the way of a capture AFAIK 
