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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · D850 Pre order, or : a tale of clickbait and hysteria | |
Lauchlan Toal wrote:
Note that Nikon's last 7 DSLR releases have had no meaningful issues. As far as I know, the D5, D500, D7500, D7200, D5600, and D5500 all came out without problems. The latest camera issue Nikon's had was with the D750, released in mid-2014.
So while I do agree that it's probably best to not pre-order, I'd say that for any camera. It seems like Nikon's no more risky than any other manufacturer right now (perhaps even safer - Nikon learned some expensive lessons that they'll want to avoid repeating).
In addition to that, the D750 "issues" were very minor, so much so that I doubt most people even bothered to send them in and risk shipping damage. One of the "issues" wasn't even discovered by the internet until Nikon told us about it haha. On top of that, independent professional sources have found other cameras exhibit the same issues *worse* without even an acknowledgement or service bulletin. So yes it technically had issues, but Nikon was (and probably still is) in hypersensitive service advisory mode compared to most other brands who stay quiet and just let the warranty system do it's job. The D600 was really the last DSLR Nikon released with any meaningful issues, especially when comparing to the competition and what normally gets swept under the rug.
I've bought 4 or 5 Nikons now pretty much on release day, including the D600, and never had any issues with any of them.
Manufacturers have 2 choices, since you will never make a flawless mass produced product of this complexity (just look at the auto industry for another example):
1) Issue a service advisory for every little thing, even if it affects only a tiny subset of users under very specific circumstances. This gives the perception of a higher number of issues, but gives the customer the greatest post-purchase security.
2) Ignore everything and let the warranty department deal with it. If it becomes such a large issue that it is impossible to ignore, or lawyers get involved, then issue a service advisory.
Pre-2012, Nikon used strategy #2, post 2012 Nikon switched to #1. It's a lose-lose scenario for every manufacturer because the customer will always view it in a negative light. Most other companies use strategy #2.
Given the build tolerances, scales of production, multiple parts sources, and everything else, it's really quite amazing that most DSLRs from all brands stay operating as well as they do for so many years.
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