Comments on: Nikon D5000 technical service advisory

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:37:04 +0000

this sucks. I just bought it online, like a month ago, and I live in Costa Rica. I really hope my serial number’s not on the list. this really sucks.

anyone not from US/Canada/Europe, have you ever had to ship your camera internationally for repair/warranty?

By: Jon Paul

Jon Paul — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:52:55 +0000

Yeah, my D300 just did the annoying low battery lockup over the weekend, but I cleaned the contacts on-camera and on the lenses (and on the battery), and it seems to be fine now. Scary times.

By: Jon Paul

Jon Paul — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:50:22 +0000

I don’t think I’m a fanboy for any brand, in spite of the time I spend (waste?) on this site. I use Nikons because my whole family does (which means lens sharing, etc.). But I have to admit that picking up a Canon makes me cringe just a bit now that I’m used to the Nikon UI. It’s not perfect, but I can’t stand Canon’s–again, maybe because I’m just used to Nikon’s.
So I’m curious: which is the other side and which is the dark side?
Let it begin…

By: low

low — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:02:38 +0000

its ok. i’d be more embarrassed if such problems happened on the higher-end cameras…oh wait!

By: low

low — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:00:36 +0000

if youre a fanboy of the other side, yes.

but for us in the darkside…thy Jesus camera(s) and lens(es) will cometh.

By: Canon

Canon — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:58:05 +0000

I see Nikon’s quality control has gone back down. Better to have black dots and vertical banding than a camera that won’t power on.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:53:05 +0000

Darn, mine might be faulty! LOL

Same advisory is on the Nikon Imaging Korea website.

By: Jon Paul

Jon Paul — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:40:20 +0000

Low, has it begun?

By: Willis

Willis — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:23:23 +0000

Gigi, your better than that. Any reasonable person gets that this is about Nikon stuff. Why would you want to go to two separate sites to read Nikon news vs. Nikon rumors.

If a rumor were confirmed, would Admin be able to post it? Seems at that point it would be news.

By: yrsued

yrsued — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:59:52 +0000

I actually welcome news more than rumors. There’s so many fake rumors out there that they are hard to believe anymore. It’s Like “The Boy who Cried Wolf”, Even if the Rumors are true, people don’t believe them anymore.

By: cyb3r

cyb3r — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:17:55 +0000

@Gigi – it is obvious. The site is about rumors, not news. However news are also added as they are point of interest to nikon users as well.

By: twoomy

twoomy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:17:45 +0000

The point is that our friendly NikonRumors admin is posting Nikon stuff based on our feedback in an attempt to give visitors what they want. I commend the effort and enjoy coming here. Thanks admin!

By: Dweeb

Dweeb — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:15:52 +0000

China outsourcing?

By: NikonMan

NikonMan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:45:36 +0000

to clarify, there have been more examples of this type of behavier from Canon reported since the film days, but I stopped dealing with Canon after that fiasco, I have refused to sell another Canon in the approx 10 years since, I’d rather not be selling my customers a camera that the supplier knows is faulty.

If I can’t trust the supplier, I tell the customer directly…

By: Gigi

Gigi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:41:47 +0000

What’s the idea with posting news (Nikon related or otherwise) on a rumor site? Why not buy the nikonnews.com domain?

By: NikonMan

NikonMan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:37:46 +0000

Interesting that Nikon proactively looks to fix these things, when Canon usually only fixes the cameras one at a time, when they fail.
I remember the faulty power/mode switch on the (film) EOS500 was only fixed when the customer complained that the camera was using batteries too fast. Canon actually left them on retail shelves knowing that the switches were going to fail.

I wonder if Nikon’s honesty is causing some people to question the reliability of Nikon cameras?