Total Recall

[MJP]

Nikon recalling D750, pulled from stores.

http://www.diyphotography.net/nikon-d750-pulled-amazon-potential-issue-one-said-flare/

[rhythmworx]

I read that earlier and did a brief search as if to buy one. Jessops are still selling them though, maybe other people are.

If they aren't all recalled then when they come back in stock allegedly fixed you wont know if your buying the fixed version or the problematic version.

If they are going to fix them they should relabel them to the D750F F for Fixed.

I'm not surprised they have done a recall TBH, they cant really afford not to do, if they want to continue making sales in the future. Too many blunders in the past.

I notice it doesn't happen on the bodies made in Japan though, maybe they need to jump ship from Thailand just to be safe.

[MJP]

Canon 5DMkIV Made in Japan should be out soon. Gonna smoke the Nik. Nikon seem to have blundered once again on a massive scale.

Yes. Pentax-FA Limited's, especially the 31mm f/1.8, used to be made in Japan and were legendary, but when switched to assembled in Vietnam had loads of QA problems.

My Vietnam assembled FA 31mm was dreadful until a Pentax lens specialist stripped it down and rebuilt it. My FA 77/1.8 is assembled in Vietnam and is near perfect. FA 43/1.9 made in Japan, does what it's designed to do.

Many, many reports of QA problems.

[rhythmworx]

If I'd have paid that price for a camera (D750) and it exhibited them problems I would look like the guy in your OP.

It's just not acceptable.

I wouldn't be surprised if many people who shoot (Nikon) DSLR's for a living switch to Canon, and as I believe most do shoot Canon or at least that was the case some years back.

Edited January 15, 2015 by rhythmworx

[MJP]

Canon's coming out with a 50mp beast (likely 5DIV) soon. Looking at their track record of QC problems, I'd avoid Nikon bodies. Some great glass though.

[FracturedRabbit]

Canon have had their moments. My 1D3 was recalled twice and never worked perfectly.

[MJP]

Canon have had their moments. My 1D3 was recalled twice and never worked perfectly.

Yes, but that was back when the wheel was a new invention.

[sunshine51]

Here's my take on Nikon, from being a Nik user for well over 40 years.

Once upon a time...a long, long, long time ago...in a nation struggling

to come to terms with itself after World War Two and having to deal

with being occupied by the Americans....Nikon made great cameras.

This tradition of manufacturing was unrivaled until the 21st

Century came along. Well...there was one small cockup with the

early F4 model and the management of Nikon back then did not

pass the buck back to the consumer so they stated Nikon would

repair any F4 affected by the humidity problem for free. Nikon simply

replaced mine with their F4s model...for free. And I really liked that.

During the 90's Nikon was a leader in the development of digital

photography for the professional market along with Canon & Kodak

in which the cameras were essentially analogue with a digital "back"

attached to them. Some even had a shoulder carried digital recorder

connected to the camera body via an umbilical cable (essentially a

neat idea but impractical in reality) while some others used Kodak's

tried & tested digital backs. Back in those days a camera body of

either Canon, Kodak or Nikon with one of Kodak's digital backs cost

nearly $30,000 USD...nobody could afford any manufacturing cockups

and not many of us pro's could afford the cameras either.

Canon beat out Nikon in the early part of the 21st century (the one we're

in now, in case you didn't know) when they launched their EOS1D. No

Mk # stuff yet folks....while Nikon was still making Cool Pix happy snap

digital cameras. However...Nikon launched their D1 shortly after many

professional photogs who were Nikon users screamed out in anguish

and pain at the thought of having to switch brands and buy a completely

new system....read; spend heaps of money many didn't have. And many

did "jump ship" because they had to....like me. Mind you I only bought

a 1D, 24-70 & 70-200 and used my F5's & plethora of great Nik glass

for everything else as I also owned Nik's Cool Scan II at that time.

But when deadlines were tight that 1D was used exclusively.

I must inject at this junction that I also owned an EOS3 which had eye

control AF and that was the reason, the sole reason, I bought that camera.

The ECAF was magic and accurate to razor sharpness.

Around the time when Nik launched their D2 & D200 models things

became confusing for me...there were so many other Nikon D models

out there mostly in the small double digit figures like the D40 etc.

I sold my EOS1D kit and bought Niks D2H & D200 so I could use my

Nik glass and besides....I've really been stuck on Nikon since day one

even though I agree that Canon has less problems when it comes to

making a duff camera. In fact...none have been made to my knowledge

but be advised, I don't really keep up with day to day news concerning

cameras. I can't be bothered doing so.

Time passes and Nikon release the D7000. It has great specs. I have

a lot of DX lenses (D2 was DX), I buy a D7K. Everything is copasetic.

Then I begin to read about people having problems with their D7K's,

nasty problems; spots on the sensor, AF problems, metering problems

and others. I become concerned, however, my D7K displays no problems

at all. Luck? Perhaps. I still have that D7K & it still has no problems. BTW

its shuter count is only around 24K....so I don't expect it to have any hiccups.

Maybe, just maybe, Mr Somchai's daughter at Nikons plant met a farang

and was in a very happy mood that day when she assembled my D7K!

Then Nik launched their D3 & D300. I waited until the D3s appeared and

bought one along with the D300s after flogging me D2H & D200. It was

a good sale and a good buy. Somewhere in there I also bought the D3x.

I should have saved the money for some other stuff but that huge sensor

grabbed my attention so I had to have it didn't I. Somewhere during this time

I read that many D7K owners are banding together to commence a class

action law suit against Nikon because of the problems with their cameras

and Nik's refusal to acknowledge the problems even exist let alone repair

their cameras for free if still under warranty which most were.

While this agro between Nik customers & Nik Corp is going on Nik launches

their D600. Good specs, looks like a D7K & operates like one and was

designed as an "entry level" FX camera. No...I didn't buy one. Why?

Because I didn't need one and besides to me Nik could have spent

development money on better things...like fixing duff D7K's that many

once happy, though now thoroughly pissed off peple owned.

And guess what happened to the D600!? The same thing that happened

to the D7K! Some folks had good ones but many more had AFU D600's.

Now Nik had more people pissed off with them...soooo....Nik decided

to placate the angry mob of D7K owners first and offered to fix any duff

D7K's out in the ether for free regardless of warranty status. Nik had a

lotta duff D7K's to fix. However the small mob of angry D600 owners was

growing and Nik kept refusing to fess up to their cockups in manufacturing

which angered the mob even more so the D600 owners actually did get

a class action lawsuit going against Nik.

And won.

Nikon had to repair any duff D600's out there within warranty or not, ordered

by the court. So Nik did and took another severe financial hit.

Guess what Nikon did next. They launched the D7100 followed shortly by

the D610...excitedly proclaiming that all the problems with their earlier

models were now fixed and the "new" models even had better features

than their predecessors. Wow!

Nik's sales were falling.

So Nikon has a think...the fantastic "old" D700 was a wonderful camera.

I know this because I had two at one time & loved em. They never had

any problems and always did what they were supposed to do...take

still pictures. BTW....the D700 didn't do video....which to me is a great

thing. The D700 was no longer available having been replaced by the

D800 and Nik really wanted to bring back something as good & dependable

as the D700 was and sell it cheaper than the D800...what did they do?

Introducing the new D750! It even has an articulated rear LCD!

It also has a problem, a nasty problem as previously mentioned in this

thread. The problem is easily corrected though and some D750 owners

have taken it upon themselves to remedy said problem with an easy to

make mask of sorts. Until Nik gets off their asses and offers to fix this

camera for free asap.

But what then? Knowing Nikon these days I bet there will be a new

D760 available at a camera store near you within 6 months or less.

And what about it? Will it have some probs as well?

You betcha!

To me...making so many different models of cameras is where Nikon

is/has gone horribly wrong. Sure...flood the market with affordable

Nikon cameras of numerous models and play up that old Heart Of

The Image advertising slogan so everybody can own a Nikon and be

part of the legend. That legend was made long ago when there was

virtually no competition from anybody let alone Canon. Times have

changed.

To me, Nikon can and should have a look at the American automobile

manufacturers past & present and take a few lessons from what

happened to them when they faced stiff competition from Japanese

automobile makers flooding America with cars that were cheaper

and included many standard items American automobile makers

offered only as extras.

The Americans began to make more models that sold for a cheaper

price and although they made many sales these models were pieces of

shit to be honest. It seems the more they diversified the worse their

products became. Look at what happened to Chrylser...bankrupt.

Look at what happened to Ford...nearly bankrupt and the same with

Chevrolet...not to mention the whole of GM...bankrupt. All bailed out

by the USG.

And the Japanese auto makers kept sending good reliable cars to

the US and Americans bought them because the cars were great

value for money and had excellent warranties which the consumer

didn't have to pay extra for.

I look at Nikon these days and can only relate them to the US auto

industry...yes to diversify is essential however not to the point when

your product output numbers dictate cutting corners and producing

inferior products to keep up with sales demands...or the inflated sales

& marketing demands to be more precise. Things will only get worse.

I bet Canon are laughing their asses off at Nikon with this latest D750

gaff. Some fo my photog buddies expound that Canon hasn't come

out with anything new (models) in quite some time now. Meaning

not a new EOS2500 or something similar...just improvements on

what they already have Like the new EOS5D Mk4... Canon doesn't

need to make a new EOS8D nor any other numerically numbered

model to boost sales...their present model base is good enough

and...they all seem to work as advertised don't they.

I have stated this before & I'll state this again...if I was 20 years

younger...I wouldn't be using Nikon...fact.

[sunshine51]

Canon have had their moments. My 1D3 was recalled twice and never worked perfectly.

FR...I had a plain old 1D when they first hit the market...zero problems...ever...

except me geting used to Canonology. Was your 1D3 problem Canon wide or

localised to you & your area?

[FracturedRabbit]

Canon have had their moments. My 1D3 was recalled twice and never worked perfectly.

FR...I had a plain old 1D when they first hit the market...zero problems...ever...

except me geting used to Canonology. Was your 1D3 problem Canon wide or

localised to you & your area?

It was a design problem with the AF which they tried to fix with a worldwide recall to replace the mirror box, and then when that didn't work they offered another fix. Camera never worked adequately for tracking subjects, the 1d4 was a massive improvement.

Rob Galbraith did a lot of work in testing and highlighting the issue and thus forcing Canon to do something about it.

[MJP]

When are we going to get the camera we all really want?

(Patent pending)

[FracturedRabbit]

When are we going to get the camera we all really want?

(Patent pending)

I'm very happy with mine.

"Love the one you're with"- Stephen Stills

[sunshine51]

When are we going to get the camera we all really want?

(Patent pending)

I'm very happy with mine.

"Love the one you're with"- Stephen Stills

Me too & a great song BTW! Mind you I really do like Treetop Flyer.....