Nikon D5000 recall: Is there anyone out there with a D5000 that has not been recalled?
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I purchased a D5000 in July and have been very satisfied with it. Great camera. I recently received an email from Nikon about this problem. My s# is 304**** and they say it has the problem. I haven't sent it in yet. I'm having a problem with fixing something that works fine.
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It is somewhat unfair to the D610. These reviews unfairly skewed the rating of the D610. I would like to see the D610 rating to stand on its own and not from the vengeance of a number of D600 owners. One of the posters is really rude, accusing any D610 reviewer as Nikon employee. These reviewers do not even own the D610. There have been 2-3 reviews claiming dust/oil spots on the D610. I have taken close to 1400 shots and I have not seen it. Of course, I don't look for deep blue skies to verify the oil spots on my shots. I am very satisfied with the D610. Amazon is not doing anything with these skewed reviews. They do remove the rude comments from these posters. If Nikon is the problem, the complaint should be directed to Nikon and not to a product. To date, I am happy that I moved from D7000 to D610. I do feel badly for the D600 owners though.
156025
It's a moot point because Nikon updated the camera software about a year ago and these batteries are no longer "recognized" by the camera. Sorry.
2018016
Most of the Amazon Marketplace vendors are not authorized Nikon USA dealers. Check the vendor against the Nikon site. Nonvendors, however, sometimes sell Nikon USA cameras with warranties. Send the camera back if there is no yellow warranty slip. The Nikon "recall" only applies to warranted cameras. Nikon has been installing an updated shutter since April 2014. My experience says you'll likely need one if yours wasn't rebuilt after that date.
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check out dpreview.com in the Nikon forum. Seems like all cameras thru #3114394 have the defect. I think this represents ~2.5 months' worth of sales, *plus* whatever is in the inventory pipeline.
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as it stands when we returned it Nikon was denying that there was any problem but there is a lot of chatter all over the web with the same problem. we used it for 3 days pretty intensive (about 400 pictures) and then were only able to get one picture each day for two before we gave up on it. Since they denied there was a problem... they also had no fix.... we won't buy another Nikon in the near future
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I can't say for sure, but the D600 sure did and still does. What scares me though is Nikon not owning this issue with the D600 and blaming the customers for "improper usage of equipment". I wouldn't blow away $2,000 plus on a product I am not so sure still has any QA issues. Cheers!
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I have not had the camera for that long, only about 4 months, but have not had the problem occur. Before buying this model, I did a lot of research about the problem and was confident enough that it had been fixed, to shell out almost two grand for the camera. The Ken Rockwell website is a good source of information on Nikon and Canon cameras. I relied heavily on Ken Rockwell's opinion. On another note, I absolutely love everything about this camera.
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I had a similar problem (battery wouldn't hold a charge). I purchased another replacement from Amazon and still the same problem. I sent the camera to the Nikon repair facility in Long Island NY and they sent it back in the same condition with the note that I used a non-Nikon battery. I played that game and ordered a Nikon battery, charged it up and, you guessed it, same problem. Sent it back to Nikon with the Nikon battery and got it back with the same condition. My assessment? That repair facility is staffed by idiots who are unsupervised and I purchased a Sony camera to replace the Nikon. End of story.
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Thanks for all your input. Trying to decide whether it is worth 260.00 to repair or just chock up as a loss. A little disappointed to see Nikon charging so much when it appears this is manufacturing defect. Oh well.
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I have experienced the same thing but my camera is a few years old. Initially I had an awful time with its flash not working. Just as the warranty would expire, the flash stopped functioning. Nikon fixed it once and replaced the entire camera the second time. But now with this shutter problem, I am fed up. I do not trust the camera, and Nikon by extension. I have a 35 year old Nikkormat which is in my attic, which never gave me any problems. Bummer. I am in the market for another camera, not a Nikon.
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You will need to contact Nikon if it is still under warranty. They will repair your camera but if you have the same experience I did waiting on a part, that repair can take several months. Don't expect them to send you a replacement. The AW100 cured me of wanting another Nikon anything. It is a very trouble prone camera.
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I have a d5300 and don't experience that only in the case where it has been used for awhile and the batteries are getting low or getting too hot where the pilot light flashes green and red and the flash only fires while on red
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I just received my D800 a couple weeks ago. Almost all my images are out of focus, even with simple portraits. I haven't contacted Nikon yet because I'm attempting to return the camera.
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Report this to Nikon. Nikon will halt future D3 orders to this store - when the rep finds out about this they are done for '08 with D3 orders. Report them.
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The Recall issue is OVER unless you are buying the camera off the street or a used one from Ebay....And I would not advise it because for about the same price you can shop around and find a new one. Also many merchants have free shipping, warranty, special discounts and special 0% financing. Many offer 'bill me later' for 6 months 0% interest.
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I dropped my older S8200 camera Christmas day and just purchased another one because I loved this camera so much. I used my camera every week for 2 years. Never did I have this problem. I never had any iissues.I would contact Nikon about the problem and see if they will replace your camera, or at least repair it if it's a warranty issue.