Rick,
I think you should have called Leaf River instead of email. I had a problem with mine, where my father inserted the CF card upside down somehow (still don't know how) and bent the prongs. I called them, sent it in and they had it back to me in about a week and a half and never charged me a thing. I think they're one of the best companys out there for customer service. You should give them a call and see where they are with your camera, they should be more than helpful, where were to me and I've heard the same from a lot of other people also.

Paul