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r T p
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Los Angeles, California, US
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Vector One Photography
Posts: 3722
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
Oh well, it is expected in this day and age. New Window releases all need patches, new cars need warranty service and new Nikons have some hiccups when first released. That's why I wait a while before buying any of the above.
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Worlds Of Water
Posts: 37732
Rancho Cucamonga, California, US
Vector One Photography wrote:
Oh well, it is expected in this day and age. New Window releases all need patches, new cars need warranty service and new Nikons have some hiccups when first released. That's why I wait a while before buying any of the above. Same here... waited for a few thousand D600s to sell before I got mine... not a single spot... 
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Ralph Easy
Posts: 6426
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The advisory states that there may be some models with bright spots effect. This is just normal. It is compensating for the black spots of the previous quality control troubles. Expect 18% gray spots on the next models when they get it right, by that time.  .
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David Stone Imaging
Posts: 1032
Seattle, Washington, US
Vector One Photography wrote:
Oh well, it is expected in this day and age. New Window releases all need patches, new cars need warranty service and new Nikons have some hiccups when first released. That's why I wait a while before buying any of the above. Very true. Cameras...cars...and computer software. I'd probably add any cell phones made by Motorola. After 3 years Motorola still can't get my phone right.
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Millar Photographics
Posts: 253
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Just got mine yesterday and love it already. Today, gotta send it back. Seems odd though. They say that there is nothing wrong physically with the camera and the problem will be fixed with a firmware update. Why we would we then need to send the camera in?
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GRMACK
Posts: 5436
Bakersfield, California, US
Millar Photographics wrote:
Just got mine yesterday and love it already. Today, gotta send it back. Seems odd though. They say that there is nothing wrong physically with the camera and the problem will be fixed with a firmware update. Why we would we then need to send the camera in? Good point.
Might be that the "Factories firmware update" is deeper than the ones we consumers get to apply. Theirs may the touchy type that can trash the processor or lock it up if done wrong.
I noticed with the Sigma USB AF Tuning Dock where one can burn the lens AF distancing firmware, or upgrade the lens firmware via the factory, that there is also a rollback to the factory default tuning in there too. Sort of like a Revert or Reset to factory default settings which is set to zero for all scales when new. Must be another firmware level in hiding that only Sigma can alter.
Could be that maybe some signals or voltages are burned into the camera body via some special connection cabling that only Nikon has. If you look at some of their service guides, they do seem to have a lot of special cables and gizmos to address matters (Like some special shaker table for VR lens adjustments that probably only they a few others have.).
Don't know, but just my wild guess as to why it has to go in. I can't see them wanting a flood of them to be sent in, verses a customer version to fix it.
I know when I last updated my CyberCommander it got trashed during the firmware flash and had to go in to get the firmware to take that only Buff had the capability to do (Replaced the motherboard!). There was no "Revert" to anything as it just stayed dark.
Good luck, and hopefully you get a good tech.
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Light and Lens Studio
Posts: 3450
Sisters, Oregon, US
Vector One Photography wrote:
Oh well, it is expected in this day and age. New Window releases all need patches, new cars need warranty service and new Nikons have some hiccups when first released. That's why I wait a while before buying any of the above. Ditto
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photoimager
Posts: 5164
Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom
It only applies for long exposures using the 1.2 crop option. In other words a very distinct minority of users. It is a bit like if you drive a car a particular way on a particular type of road / track then a tweak to the suspension might be useful.
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Ralph Easy
Posts: 6426
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Millar Photographics wrote:
Just got mine yesterday and love it already. Today, gotta send it back. Seems odd though. They say that there is nothing wrong physically with the camera and the problem will be fixed with a firmware update. Why we would we then need to send the camera in? It may need some "tweaks" not capable of being done by users themselves.
Similar to Canon 5D Mark 1 with the 'falling mirror". Canon technicians had to personally attach those two tweezers to prevent the loose mirror from flipping out.
It might be that Nikon will do the firmware update themselves plus a "tweak" they are not revealing out.
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Robb Mann
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Baltimore, Maryland, US
After the media hooplah and legal fileting they got over the D600 you can expect Nikon to be extremely proactive in cases like this.
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American Glamour
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Detroit, Michigan, US
Robb Mann wrote:
After the media hooplah and legal fileting they got over the D600 you can expect Nikon to be extremely proactive in cases like this. I think you are right. They don't want to be stung again. Also, it appears that the problem is corrected and new cameras are already shipping with the fix in place.
This goes back to what I have always said. If you are an early adopter of a new camera, you are agreeing to be a beta tester. If you wait patiently for just a little while, someone else will suffer the frustration instead.
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