Lee Saxon wrote:
I bet Nikon is really happy that their new enforcement of MAP has resulted in B&H and Adorama bundling warranty-voiding knock-off batteries.
That's what happens when you're a jackass, Nikon.
That makes me wonder why they don't throw-in the Nikon battery?
Ahh. But down here in Aus if you want to buy a D600 through the official Nikon channels, be prepared to pay $2450 and that is with the aud$1.00 buying usd$1.056
Tim Ashton wrote:
Ahh. But down here in Aus if you want to buy a D600 through the official Nikon channels, be prepared to pay $2450 and that is with the aud$1.00 buying usd$1.056
seems like we are underwriting your christmas
any how Seasons greeting to all
Tim
Umm...then don't buy the D600 through "official" channels. :P
M Lucca wrote:
I am thinking the camera will come with the OEM battery. The one listed is just extra.
Yes, of course. My point is, they're bundling/endorsing something that will likely void your manufacturer warranty. There's gotta be some liability issues there.
Lee Saxon wrote:
My point is, they're bundling/endorsing something that will likely void your manufacturer warranty. There's gotta be some liability issues there.
I'm confused - has Nikon published some kind of warning against non-OEM batteries with a warranty threat?
Generally-speaking, I avoid non-OEM batteries anyway. It seems like a silly place to skimp (like memory cards) and often you get lower-quality cells (which have some ugly risks) or less true capacity than the OEM. There are exceptions (I've heard good things about Sterlingtek, for example), but they can't possibly have the testing and quality resources the body manufacturers do. (I worked in the peripherals division of a technology company, and owned some power-related products, so this isn't a completely random opinion).
There are some phone and PC companies creating products that only accept genuine batteries - the battery-cell fires in the PC industry scared a lot of people. The incident rate was higher in knockoffs and/or batteries with the faulty cells that were getting charged with non-OEM chargers running more juice to charge the batteries faster. I haven't heard of a case where a company stated a non-OEM battery would void the warranty though...
At least in the US they can't totally void the warranty for something like that. If the electronics inside died, sure, they could. If a defective button falls off the back of the camera or something though there's no way they could blame that on a battery (well, maybe i'm giving them too much common sense there).
M635_Guy wrote:
Generally-speaking, I avoid non-OEM batteries anyway. It seems like a silly place to skimp (like memory cards) and often you get lower-quality cells (which have some ugly risks) or less true capacity than the OEM. There are exceptions (I've heard good things about Sterlingtek, for example), but they can't possibly have the testing and quality resources the body manufacturers do. (I worked in the peripherals division of a technology company, and owned some power-related products, so this isn't a completely random opinion).
How many different OEMs are there for the cells themselves? I can't imagine there are too many.
woos wrote:
At least in the US they can't totally void the warranty for something like that. If the electronics inside died, sure, they could. If a defective button falls off the back of the camera or something though there's no way they could blame that on a battery (well, maybe i'm giving them too much common sense there).
Right. That's the Magnusson-Moss Act. IIRC the long and the short of it is that Nikon can't deny a warranty claim for using an unauthorized part unless the part directly caused the failure. That hasn't stopped Nikon from jerking people around of course. My money is on Nikon claiming "impact damage" if a third party battery damages the camera.
Nikon: I’m asking for a lot here, Santa, but ‘tis the season to help those in need.
First, if you could fit a quality control department in the sleigh that would be lovely.
Also, could you bring Nikon USA a reasonable Factory Service Center, too? If that’s not possible, then I’ll go ahead and ask you to bring them some customers in 2014 or so, because they’ll be needing new customers about then.
And Santa, if you’re feeling really generous, then maybe you could give Nikon the secret of electronic aperture control? Mechanical levers are sooooo 1960. It’s not like leaving out aperture control motor is making the lenses less expensive....Show more →
