So all my four D800s had focus issue, i tried to send one in, twice, came back not fixed. So i didn't bothered to send it in again until end of wedding season.
On end of season i sent two to clean up and mentioned the focus issue. They came back not fixed, though cleaned up. Ok i said, it is pain to live with. In January one my D800 started acting up, on camera flash stopped working and AF ON one button. Had no time to send it to get it fixed yet. Today started second D800 act up. In M mode it is changing shutter speed sporadically when AF-On button is pressed.
How come all my D90s, D300s, D700s were perfect but with all recent gear, lenses, flashes, cameras are more and more troubles?
If there would be any D700 to be sold, i would throw this POS to trash can and buy 10 of D700s and call it a done for rest of my life.
I would be crazy to buy any expensive camera or lens from Nikon with this experience.
GRRRRRRR!
Sorry, no need to answer or comment, was just vent off after really bad day.
Considered a D600 when first introduced but really wanted a D700. Once the dust/oil issues surfaced I kept the search on for a D700 - found a nearly new one and haven't regretted my decision.
Makes me wonder if Nikon wouldn't benefit hugely by bringing back the D700. It seems as there is no true replacement for it and with the quality problems of their newest models, this would sell as well as when it was first introduced. I'd be interested for sure.
Sorry to hear about this. I know exactly how you feel though. Nikon is failing at QC. Really makes me want to switch to Canon. I just don't want to learn a whole new system.
From what I read, it's the finance guys that have been running Nikon, you know, those guys got trained to think maximizing/internalizing profit while minimizing/externalizing costs, aka cutting corners whenever possible while bleeding customers. I would give them another year. If things continue the current path, I will switch.
mshi wrote:
From what I read, it's the finance guys that have been running Nikon, you know, those guys got trained to think maximizing/internalizing profit while minimizing/externalizing costs, aka cutting corners whenever possible while bleeding customers. I would give them another year. If things continue the current path, I will switch.
Do you really believe that any other global company is not run by the "finance guys" ?
I wish you luck with your switch.
AndreasE wrote:
Do you really believe that any other global company is not run by the "finance guys" ?
I wish you luck with your switch.
rgds,
Andy
Andy is exactly right...you don't think Canon or Sony is strongly influenced by "finance guys"?
Additionally....how do we know the "finance guys" are the sole issue? Seems to me that anyone who has any oversight on Nikon manufacturing processes (particularly quality assurance) may be partly responsible for their recent issues.
AndreasE wrote:
Do you really believe that any other global company is not run by the "finance guys" ?
I wish you luck with your switch.
rgds,
Andy
I really didn't know what you are alluding to. So, I looked up the top ten largest global companies in terms of market cap in 2012. Sadly, the fact is that none of the Top Ten CEOs come from corporate finance background. Of course, Nikon is too tiny to be included even in the top one million companies for 2012.
My guess is Nikon invested too much effort in getting back on their feet after the tsunami in Japan and the floods in Thailand and lost touch with QC.
I cannot fault my previously back focusing D7k now but most of my probs related to a second hand 17-55 which according to Nikon's guys in Sydney is notoriously difficult to calibrate across its whole range, but kudos to them, they did it N/C.
What I have found more recently, is by exposing further to the right than I have in the past, (instead of allowing for the sensors shadow recovery ability I now tend to work back a little) I am achieving much better results in post. Someone might be able to tell me why
LivLif wrote:
Sorry to hear about this. I know exactly how you feel though. Nikon is failing at QC. Really makes me want to switch to Canon. I just don't want to learn a whole new system.
yeah?? I seem to recall you posting some shots from a childrens birthday party with the 28 f/1.8 that were amazing, or have I got the wrong Liv??
IMHO, the camera cos. are under such intense pressure to constantly develop and bring to market new models in a probably vain attempt to maintain a spot in the limelight, that it stands to reason that QC will suffer. It's also my opinion that to a certain extent at least, the constant harping by so many customers to "update" their products ( "The DXXX is has been out for six months now, when do you think Nikon-Canon-Sony will unveil the DXXX2 ?" ) contributes to this.
I think it's a cycle fueled by both the manufacturers, who want to remain relevant,and the consumer who demands constant change.
Sometimes change is good, sometimes not so much.
Steve Torelli wrote:
IMHO, the camera cos. are under such intense pressure to constantly develop and bring to market new models in a probably vain attempt to maintain a spot in the limelight, that it stands to reason that QC will suffer. It's also my opinion that to a certain extent at least, the constant harping by so many customers to "update" their products contributes to this.
Sometimes change is good, sometimes not so much.
This.
Also consider the fact that many of these types return perfectly good items after trying it "to see if they like it" because after all, they have a "right" to be satisfied under return policies. So then an item which left the store for $2,200 is now worth $1,800, and no business (either the store or Nikon, whoever pays for it) can bear those type of losses for long.
