Tag Archives: Nikon Recall

What and how many serial numbers are affected by the Nikon Z8 cameras service advisory/recall?

Last week Nikon issued a Z8 service advisory/recall describing an issue where the lens cannot be locked to the camera. A reader sent me this email regarding what and how many serial numbers could be affected: “Had some time on my hands, and did a little anorak-ing on the Z8 recall serials until I got […]

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Nikon Z8 service advisory/recall: lens cannot be locked to camera

Nikon issued a service advisory/recall for the Nikon Z8 camera. The described problem is that a lens cannot be mounted on the camera because the lens cannot be rotated to the locked position. Here are the details:

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Partial Nikon F6 recall issued in Japan

refurbished Nikon F6 film SLR camera

Nikon Japan announced today that some Nikon F6 film SLR camera (new: $2,599, refurb: $1,899) parts may contain substances like dibutyl phthalate (DBP) which exceed the standard value set by the European RoHS directive. This was discovered during Nikon’s research on product environmental standards. Nikon will replace the parts for free. The impacted F6 serial numbers […]

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B&H is replacing a batch of Nikon EN-EL15b batteries

Today B&H send email to customers who have purchased the Nikon EN-EL15b battery. Apparently, there was a bad batch and B&H is replacing the purchased batteries. Something is definitely going on because a few weeks ago I posted about the Nikon EN-EL15b battery being discontinued. The Nikon EN-EL15b battery is used in the Z6, Z7, […]

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Nikon Z6 and Z7 technical service advisory for faulty vibration reduction (VR) feature

Nikon issued a “Technical Service Advisory” for users of the Nikon Z6 and Z7 cameras for faulty vibration reduction (VR) feature. You can check if your camera is impacted: Check Serial Number (Z 6 camera customers) Check Serial Number (Z 7 camera customers) Additional infiormationL:

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Important: Nikon expands the previous D750 shutter problem recall, newer cameras could also be impacted

Nikon issued another service advisory for the D750 shutter issue expanding the number of impacted cameras (now cameras produced from July to September 2014 and from July 2015 to September 2016 could also have a faulty shutter). I simply cannot believe we are still discussing this issue in 2017 and Nikon was producing faulty cameras […]

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There is no new Nikon EN-EL15 battery recall

Several websites reported today about a Nikon EN-EL15 battery recall. Please note that this is an old recall from 2012 and Nikon Japan recently just updated their website with some additional information (reported here last month). Nikon USA was probably late with the translation and just recently updated their website here. As far as I know, […]

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Small batch of Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lenses sold in Japan are being recalled

  Nikon Japan issued a statement that some Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lenses sold in Japan from September to October 29, 2016 are having “a problem with the appearance” and will be replaced with new ones. From the Google translation I am not really sure what exactly is the issue – does anyone have a […]

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