Mine took just a little over two weeks from Oregon to LA, CA.

Indecline, how long did it take to get your camera fixed, I am planning on sending mine in tomorrow MI to NY for the exact same problem

I can happily report that I got my D800e back this Monday from Nikon in Califorina. They repaired the 10 pin without any question, I also asked them to check the left focus and the RO stated that they checked and adjusted the focus. All repairs under warranty. Of course I had to pay for shipping and insurance to Nikon. the bad news is they send the camera back without insurance. :(

This issue just rots my socks, to spend this kind of money on a camera and have it fail in less than a month, the worse part is Nikon won't issue a recall so at this time we are at their mercy at what cause they arrive at......warranty repair or......impact damage. I hear that they try for the impact damage first, unless you hold fast against that, the problem with that is, they hold all the cards. I posted on another forum last night and I was informed that if you are in Britain the retailer is obliged to replace the camera and they deal with Nikon unfortunately it is not the way here in the good ole USA, we have to deal with Nikon.

Unfortunately the 10-pin socket in my D800 broke down too, after one use. I hope it will get repaired under warranty.

Indecline said:
My 800e has a broken 10 pin socket just like the photo above.

Hello new to the forum joined to add to the list of unfortunate's who has purchased a D800E only to have the 10 pin socket come loose in the socket after (3) short weeks of ownership. I use(d) the remote quite a bit as I have been doing a lot of night shooting with all the Christmas lights and displays of late. I have contacted the retailer (Gary Camera of Merrillville IN) who has told me that I need to contact Nikon. These guys were great in the front end, but I am sure disappointed with them now, I don't know who to be more disappointed with, Nikon or Gary Camera! Anyway I am about to send my camera into Nikon for evaluation "as they put it" I hope that they replace it as opposed to fix it, as I don't think a camera this new should experience this kind of failure. I will let you all know how it goes in the future, I imagine 3-4 weeks.

In the meantime I will have to use my stand-by 700

Serial #3008459

Mark

Glad you'll accept the 400 f/2.8, if pushed.

I was going away on a trip early November and couldn't wait any longer for the Zeiss 15mm 2.8--plan A was to buy that and add the 24mm 1.4 someday down the track. Bought the Nikkor 14-24 2.8 as Plan B. Great lens, and now I'm not sure I can justify either lens in Plan A.

But if my wife is reading this thread and she wants to buy me a present...

N 200-400 f4
N 600 f4

but if pushed i will accept N 400 f 2.8 + TCs

A D4 with a 24mm f1.4 would nice

and as this fantasy. A first class round the world ticket, with all the trimmings

Squamish has a 200 F2?? no wonder he is such an FX snob ;-) D400 FTW !!!
(BTW, Some of the best Bokeh I have seen Squamish ! )

Its better to give than to receive they say.. so I think it will be an AW100 for my son for his trip to Japan. One year at a Japanese Uni(international studies). He broke his last P&S while playing tennis the last time he was over there.

Well I haven't ever received any expensive lenses for a present, but I have gotten my SB400, tripod, monopod and an extra battery as gifts. I like all of them :)

What would I really want as a gift...well nothing that is out ATM. Whatever new body is released...either the D7100 or D400 :)

Lenses...I am content at the moment...still maybe wouldn't mind the 85 F1.8 and eventually another UWA probably the N10-24.

Asked for: Manfrotto carbon fiber monopod.

If I landed on Fantasy Island: Nikon 24mm PC-E, Nikon 200-400 AF-S f/4.

N600/4, N200-400/f, N200/2, Zeiss 15mm/2.8, N14-24/2.8... but as You wrote, just a fantasy for now :)

msmoto said:
hey, this is a fantasy thread...LOL

Nikon to announce the D400 before Christmas day for under a grand?

You did say fantasy, didn't you?

Now this is an old thread...but it will work for the "What do you want for Christmas?" question or if you do not celebrate Christmas gift giving... what lens would you like for your next birthday?

So, as this thought jumped into my head when Squamish was giving some info on his 200mm f/2...

My list....and this is about lenses unless someone want so add anything else...

Zeiss 35mm f/1.4, Nikon 105mm f/2.8VR, Nikon 300mm f/2.8...or the 200-400mm f/4. That should do for awhile.....hey, this is a fantasy thread...LOL

I just got my D800e a week ago. Yesterday I took it out and used the 10-pin connector for the first time. Today I went to plug into it again and found it was broken just like the others talked about in this thread - pushed down and off center. I'm going to send it back to the retailer, but truthfully, I'm fearful the next one won't last any better. I will definitely be more careful with it and probably won't tighten the ring. Having a 10-pin on the front instead of a connection port inside the side flap door was a big part of my decision to get the D800 over the D600. What a big disappointment and such a sinking feeling to know my new baby is broken already.

Serial number: 3010xxx

Yes mine broke too. I have been using those connectors in my blimps for many years with film cameras, then a D2X, D300, D700 and now D800. Never any problem before in over ten years until now. It's in the shop, and i am using a loaner (not a D800.) a friend in England has reports of this occuring in the UK.

The problem with the connector is a design flaw that until this body didn't seem to matter, which makes me think they are getting the plugs from a new source. With most connectors, such as on a coax cable, the threads are on the socket element such that screwing on the plug draws the two together. On the ten pin, the threads are on the surrounding cavity; therefore the plug can be drawn into the cavity but if for any reason it is misaligned or there is an obstruction (bent pin, jammed pinhole) the plug exerts force on the inner piece and forces it to the point of failure. I can't tell you how ugly it felt to see green circuit board in the hole! My workaround will be to attach an MC-22A to the body and leave it on, then jump the other end of the cord to a new set of connectors in the blimp, so that I am not repeatedly challenging the fitting of the plug. Annoying! But I still love my Nikons.

The 10 pin connector socket has come loose on a number of cameras. Apparently the redesign of the body near the connector has reduced the clearance around the connector creating potential for problems.

I've seen one report of a 3rd party GPS device that worked with earlier cameras causing the damage. The solution for the GPS device was to grind or shave the plastic housing on the GPS device to make it fit. The Nikon GPS device works fine.

Nikon has been mixed in their response. I have seen this repaired under warranty and I have seen a charge of $225 for user damage caused by a non-Nikon accessory. The repair is easy but requires a trip to Nikon or Authorized Service.

The bill only says they replaced the connector, and i didn't ask the tech. I was just happy to get it back so quickly and free of charge. I have read of others being charged for repairs to the connector, or for repairs to fix bent pins on the cf slot on a D4, calling it misuse or impact damage, so just wanted to pick it up and go. The only thing i know for sure is it happened the one time i decided to actually screw it in instead of just pushing it, so I'm not going to tighten it anymore.

Did they say what had given way? Might be useful info to other owners who experience the same failure, and to get an idea if there is a manufacturing fault.

I'm glad that worked out, ray.

Got a call from Nikon today, my camera was ready to be picked up. Repaired the 10 pin connector, cleaned the sensor, only took 1 week, and all covered under warranty. I'm a happy camper. Hope the repair takes care of the problem, that it isn't a design flaw.

Brought my camera in to Nikon today, the tech was surprised that the connector had come loose, he said it was the first one he'd seen like that. He said the repair should take about two weeks, and "should" be covered by the warranty. I hope he's right on both counts.

To update the status of my camera.

The retailer is taking the camera back and is going to repair/replace through the warranty. While this outcome is satisfactory, it does come at a cost - 4 weeks at least without the camera and cost of shipping.

One question for me remains. If the camera is repaired will they strengthen any fault with the original part?. Replacing a faulty part with another is not going to help. Guess I will have to wait and see................

Hopefully others with the same problem have resolved this issue. I'll update again if I glean anything else regarding the fault.

Regards

My 800e has a broken 10 pin socket just like the photo above. I have had the camera since 8/31/12 and had a Nikon release installed from day one, I removed it while doing some hiking as the cable release got in the way. When I went to install the release again, I found the broken socket. :(

Yesterday, I got the flashing ERR message. The manual said to release the shutter and it fixed it, but I'm starting to get a bit nervous about the durability of this camera. :(

I figure I will send the camera to Nikon for repair in December when my outdoor photography will slow down.

Alright, My D800e's serial number is 30050xx.