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Nikon defends decision to stop supplying spares to independent repairers
Nikon USA has defended its decision to stop supplying spare parts to companies outside its authorized service network. Its intention is to deliver 'the best service experience to the customer,' says David Dentry, General Manager of Customer Relations at Nikon Inc, explaining that the complexity of modern cameras and the need for specialist analysis and calibration tools meant that repair attempts by ill-equipped retail or unauthorized repair shops could end up causing delays, increase the cost and risk voiding the camera's warranty. However, an independent service center we spoke to said its statements misrepresented the situation and is likely to mean small repairs take longer.
Nikon's Dentry says the move comes to ensure cameras are repaired properly with the right parts: 'Cameras are now far more technically advanced, and require testing equipment for a proper diagnosis and proper tools for adjustment and calibration. Years ago, you could look at a camera and diagnose a worn gear or some physical issue. Now cameras are advanced microcomputers and require skilled technicians and specialized tools to fix a camera and calibrate the focus of lenses to properly assure adherence specifications.'
Consumer benefits
'The benefits for the consumer were top of mind when implementing this policy. A consumer's products are repaired properly in a timely fashion, often times with less waiting time and less cost to the consumer. Consumers can also have confidence in their cameras service, as authorized dealers receive factory training, tech bulletins for recent products, and possess proper tools for diagnostics and adjustments.'
Dentry suggests using independent servicing is something of a lottery: 'Often times, a retailer or unauthorized repair shop would attempt to repair a camera even though they were not able or equipped to make such repair and thereafter would have to send the camera to a Nikon authorized repair facility for proper repair, at the cost of increased wait times. Overall, this led to many delays and in the end increased the cost to the customer. Additionally, as with most consumer electronics, if there is evidence of improper repair, a camera warranty would likely be void.'
The mention of warranties is odd, an independent service center told us: 'most of our business is post-warranty work. Why should people be paying us for work if it's paid for under the warranty?'
He also dismissed the idea that damage during repair is commonplace: 'there are literally thousands of pieces of Nikon equipment being serviced by independent stores. We've been in business since the 1950's and there are plenty of businesses that have been here for 30, 40 years. 'They're lumping everyone together. Yes there are some places that are one guy working out of his house who thinks he can repair a camera, but that's not the all of us - we've had guys here working for 20 or more years. These are people who have trained at the Canon factory or the Nikon factory or the Sony factory.'
Modern DSLRs feature complex electronics as well as traditional precision engineering |
'There are some tools and pieces of equipment that are too expensive for us to buy, or that we wouldn't use often enough to make it economic, and in those cases we send the cameras back to the factory. But this move means even small things will have to go back to the factory,' says the independent business.
Dentry points out that independent service shops can apply to join the 20 centers authorized to repair its DSLRs in the US, and says they can contact their local Nikon rep or the Nikon Inc. repair department for an application and Nikon tool requirement list and training information.
But the cost of becoming a Nikon authorized service center is prohibitive, the independent service center claims: 'There's an item on that list that costs $32,000. Overall you need to buy equipment costing over $160,000 and you sign a contract agreeing they could cut you out tomorrow. The cost of equipment, that only works with their products, is more than the cost of what every other manufacturer requires, put together.'
'We have a relationship with all the manufacturers - if it requires a specialist piece of equipment for the work, we send it back.'
'Independent servicing allows quicker repairs'
'It's odd to be someone's customer for 40 or 50 years and then be told 'we don't want your money anymore. The majority of businesses like ours are family owned. This takes business out of the local economy.' Ultimately, though, the option of turning to independent servicing is in the customers' interest, he says: 'Independent servicing allows small repairs to be done quickly'
'We're not sure what happens next - we haven't yet heard officially it they're completely cutting us out or if they'll allow their service centers to re-sell parts, or if some people will self-import components. We won't go down that route but I'm sure some will.'
Gotta check the UK situation, but it looks like falling off my wannahave list with a resounding thump, as a result of this Nikon USA idiocy!
I'm thinking... Has the D800 "success" gotten to somebody's head?
Amazing, isn't it, how a camera that is not even out yet can already cause success to go to someone's head.
Meh. Lousy 12 month warranty on a NZ$9,000 camera - what use is that in any case?!
So it looks there isn't an overwhelming endorsement of Nikon USA's announcement in this forum ... I wonder who DOES support this?
Yep pretty much. I was looking at getting back into it after having to sell my D90. Looking at a second hand D40/60 but hearing this is a huge turn off. So Nikon will loose me as a customer for new lenses flashes and future upgrades. Dam we buy a system off you guys not just a camera, stop being so short sighted Nikon. If this is just Nikon USA then Nikon Japan needs to talk to junior and put him in his place.
This, along with Nikon's refusal to repair gray market Nikon lenses and cameras, is why I'll always shoot Canon.
Looks like that to Nikon, a Nikon customer is their worst mortal enemy. What a frightful mindset, OMG.
I found an online petition to Nikon for anyone who wishes to sign.
As any independent shop of 37years I've had an open account with Nikon 36years. To all of a sudden decide I'm not capable to repair there broken battery doors is ludicrous. The nearest afs is more than 1000 miles from here.This policy will not help any of the 1000's of tourist that travel to Alaska.One side note the last of the film camera's had indepth electronic circuits & not alot different than today's camera's.This is restraint of trade.
Car companies tried this, and got rapped bad. Maybe you guys can get together, and put pressure. This is unfair trade practice, and will not stand up in court
This will be a short lifespan policy, indeed. But the damage to the "Nikon name" will be everlasting.
Heck, they are already being ridiculed for having that Ashton Kutcher twerp as their "spokesperson." I don't think that messed-up guy could get off a decent shot with a camera if his life depended on it.
Nikon STINKS !
They just want to protect their own interest and making much more money than consider the plight and interest of her customers' camera.
Independent repairers are cheaper than them and gave faster turn-round than them.
So it is quite obvious they want to monopolize the business.
I will switch to Canon as a protest ! ! !
When I complained about focusing in Canon SLRs, they accused me of being a Nikon Troll (whatever that is, eh?). So, with reluctance, I comment on this move by Nikon. By a fluke, we own no Nikon cameras, but it was very close on many decisions. A very good (and technical genius) friend went with the P7000 (?) and is happy with it, especially after the firmware upgrade that sped it up a bit.
to the point:
Make someone at Nikon point out the absolute dollar (or yen) value of this decision (to reduce outsourcing of parts). Make them tell us why they need this extra money.
To stay alive? some (Nikon) users might voluntarily pay a premium for this. (I might, but not for Nikon and also not for Canon, eh?)
If owners are willing to pay a small premium, and the manufacturer demands it, OK.
And, if not, well. Nikon may have signed its own death certificate. Knowing that I canNot get spare parts at, say, www.torontocameraservice.com/
which is my place of last resort, says: this is wrong.
Outrageous; They refuse to offer international warranties so when you change countries like a lot of business professionals do these days, you're supposed to send the camera back to the country of origin?
In NZ Nikon will not service any gear not bought through an authorized dealer in NZ, to buy through an authorized dealer often costs 50% more
In Australia they will service any Nikon still AFAIK
Canon will service anything
However the service bill will often be on a par with a newer digital body!!,which would apply to Canon also I suspect.
So maybe stick to non-AFS(second hand) lenses which are more reliable than AFS, and cut Nikon out of the loop and save money
Basically a rort though
It was not enough that we have complete Japanese monopoly in camera market, now they want to extend this.
Japanese monopoly? If you feel that way, get a Kodak or Leica or Hassleblad or iPhone...
Not to mention that most cameras are made in Taiwan, Korea, China, Thailand and elsewhere - even if they carry a Japanese name badge. Like the aforementioned iPhone - one of China's best consumer products.
I am getting sick and tired of this dumb@ss Japanese mindset.
Is this legal? it is a kind of monopoly. It is like for example Ford refuses to make spare parts available to everybody.
What if M$ refuses to sell Windows to all PC manufacturers?
Apple doesn't make their OS available to HP or Dell, despite using similar Intel hardware. It's a perfectly legitimate and legal decision. As consumers, we get to decide if we want to do business with Nikon or MS or Apple. If we don't like their decisions, then we can stop buying their products.
Not a good comparison - Nikon versus Apple.
I don't have to have my out-of-warranty Apple products serviced by an Apple dealer (or even by an Apple certified technician).
Not valid period. You have already bought their products. Nikon's decision affects your past purchases regardless of what you do in the future.
You bought a Nikon product and it came with a warranty. Nikon is obligated to service your camera under warranty, but at the place of their choosing. Beyond the warranty, they have no obligation whatsoever. They don't even have to provide spare parts, period. I think a lot of you are confusing legal obligation vs convenient customer service and supply/demand.
There are a lot of products out there with NO parts or service available from anyone. A company agrees to sell you a product and that it will work for a period of time. THey don't guarantee you can get it fixed wherever you want (or even at all) forever.
If Nikon truly were providing the 'best' service offer then they would not need to take this action - the competition would have withered under their heat.
I am a Nikon user and I pledge never to buy another Nikon product and to inform as many people as possible to boycot Nikon untill they reverse their decision. This is one more money grab scheme, they are trying to illegally protect local suppliers. The customer can very well decide on his own where to repair his camera and the free market will eliminate the bad shops.
There can be only one reaction to this and is to start a campaign against Nikon: send emails to all Nikon contact points and let them know how much you hate this decision and how much it will hurt Nikon if it tries to wage war against it's own customer base.
I have decided to buy new camera only if I really need it. A 5 years old camera can make a picture as good as new one.
Just use the money for few trips and you have more pictures than if you buy a new camera and stay at home.
This has nothing to do with quality of repair. It's all about money. Your money.
This goes with Nikon's refusal to service in Canada a D80 bought in the US. This was shortly after the D80 was released. Not only would they not honour the warrantee in Canada (which I kinda understand), they refused to fix the camera for payment (this I could not understand and I still do not). With this latest Nikon announcement, you may have a broken Nikon and no way to get it repaired. Bah
This would mean the end even for the second hand Nikon market across country borders.
Thats the way Software makers are trying to go, with all that direct download software, that has no media and can't be resold, when you're done with it.
I haven't been impressed with any of Nikon's recent moves. Company becoming too dishonest.
Exactly right. The Japanese parent companies have invented corporate dishonesty -- just look at Olympus. But don't worry -- our dedicated civil case and anti-trust attorneys here in the U.S. will take real good care of Nikon USA, he-he-he.
I think my imminent order for a D800 and 24-70mm F2.8 has just been canceled, to be replaced by one for an E-5 with 12-60mm lens ...
... and I get in-camera pixel mapping as standard with the Olympus - something else for which Nikon requires you to send your camera in.
I can afford to buy whatever I want. Any stupidity by Nikon service will result in me switching to something else. Seems like a ridiculous move, not convinced based on some of the comments posted that Nikon service is an excellent organization, far from it.
This policy also means no more sales of 3rd-party warranties, since you wouldn't be able to get repairs under one. So Nikon gets a monopoly on extended warranties as well.
Since I don't like Canon ergonomics, and in any case can't afford a complete change of systems, perhaps it's just as well that I'll shortly be stopping doing photography.
There are currently 24 Nikon authorized centers that receive parts, equipment, training, etc.
If a third-party warranty company has managed to alienate every last one of those (and, judging from the third-party warranty horror story threads we see so often on dpReview, that is a very real possibility) then shame on them.
It's not up to Nikon to pick and choose to whom they sell parts. This is probably illegal under monopoly laws, and for sure it has nothign to do with "quality" but with control and money squeeze.
Actually Victor, it is. That's not to say that it's right but it IS a business's decision to choose how they run their business, including who they sell parts to.
Our dedicated attorneys well versed in anti-trust litigation and class actions will be taking Nikon USA to the cleaners on this.
This is Nikon USA stupidity to its finest.
Why not close all independent auto shops too? Bust a radiator hose? No more car parts places either as "They are unqualified and lack the knowledge." Really? Put your car on a flatbed and haul or ship it off to the factory in whatever country it was made for a busted radiator hose? Genius thinking, and how many would stop buying that brand of auto?
Really 'smart' move by Nikon USA and I would hope Nikon Japan intervenes as it will hurt the brand. Pro gear and no support for some measly part that an independent or retail dealer cannot get or order while you can still use your gear instead of shipping it off for a month. I can tape a battery door shut and wait for one to appear and keep using the equipment. No more with their idiotic policy.
Does sound more like greed by Nikon USA against the gray market though and them wanting 100% control of it - meaning "No Support." Follow the money.
Perhaps, another step in promoting replacement. For example, "Yes, your XX hundreds or thousands of dollars camera or lens is only 3 years old, but no replacement part is available for a fix, you need to buy new".
'the best service experience to the customer'??? Sorry Nikon guys, this ship has sailed long time ago. After a repair, my Nikonos V needed another repair which lasted 2 months and lead to me losing an once in a lifetime oportunity, I switched to Canon. My 2 years old 5D had a mirror problem and was solved in 3 days, with no cost by a contracter. Thats how it works. Happy ever since!
Canon should buy out Nkon......well, not Canon's CS is better but at least we can enjoy some of Nikon's technology. LOL~~~ better than falling into Sony's hands.
much has already been said in regard to Nikon's new repair policy. what hasn't been said is the replacement issue with cameras under warranty. what's often replaced is a different same model camera which has been "refurbished" by Nikon. this would be acceptable if we were dealing with film cameras. however the warranty camera may have only relatively few actuations and what the owner receives back is a camera with an unknown number of actuations. my response to all of the comments is my selling of all my (fairly extensive, as i've used nikon for the last 50 years) nikon equipment on ebay.
this way i won't have to bother with Nikon's new policy. and i also will be able to obtain continued excellent repair work, on my new cameras, from my local photo technician. i'm sorry to be having to take this step, but really, Nikon have left me no alternative.
UGH, it's true! I got three crap refurb D700s from Nikon before they sent me a working one! One of them looks like it had be rolled down a flight of concrete stairs.
When I last talked to customer service they said "we don't send out refurbished cameras as replacements"!!! I said "well, you sent me three before you sent a working one". I was put on hold for a second and my issue was elevated immediately without further discussion of the issue.
The repair department is out of control.
What happened Nikon? I remember hearing stories of legendary Nikon service, the guy that sent his 30 year old Nikon binoculars in for service and they do it for free because they are cool old binoculars. How do they know what is grey market? If I send in a 40 year old lens do they check their data base first to make sure it was genuinely sold in USA before repair?
Let the consumer decide. No, seriously.
Yes, there are many, many technical repairs that should require OEM servicing but other repairs that do not. The shutter module replacement is, in fact, a module. Repairing a shutter, well, that's another matter. Let me choose, however.
As someone who worked repairing quite complex electromechanical devices in a former life, I have to insist that there is very little that can't be fixed by the average person with simple tools and training or experience.
The "complex" bits are units. That is why things that often sound like simple repairs are expensive. You often can't (or shouldn't) just solder a socket back on for a USB port, and an entire main control board may need to be replaced.
Expensive? Sure. Complex or difficult? Hardly? Equipment required? A screwdriver. Does Nikon do it any different? No, and their QA is not very advanced (it may not even exist!).
90% cottect. Nearly everything these days is just parts swaps.
But then there's the 10%, where special tools or programs are needed.
Btw. Not sure if european Nikon supplies parts to independent repair shops. EU laws are a lot consumer friendly and may force Nikon to do so. A remedy might be to source the Nikon parts from EU middleman.
And then they shot themselves with arrow in the knee..
Thats a lot of bullsh*t in one article.
In recent years I shifted back to Nikon because I so loved the nikon D3x and the D7000. But the new policy means that simple repairs will mean I will have to wait weeks for nikon to fix a camera. And if past experience is any guide odds are it wil NOT be fixed properly thus requiring another trip back to Nikon.
Nikon should no it is never wise to insult the intelligence of their users. This new policy is so ill advised I can scarcely believe they are defending its implementation. It would be nice to hear from the upper management fools/bean counters who came up with this pathetic policy. Instead we get speciously worded statements from the likes of Mr. Dentry who clearly has no idea what it is like to be a photographer who cares about his craft. And the desire to have minor out of warranty repair issues address locally.
I still can't believe nikon is taking such a short sighted position. Mr. Dentry's words ring hollow based on m experiences as a working pro. Just prior to the digital age I puchased one of nikon's 500mm F4 lenses for MANY thousands of dollars. The lens had focus shift when stopped down. This was NOT a focus issue. The lens focus shifted forward approx. 12-14 inches when stopped down to F8. Making the lens unuseable. This was a NEW NIKON LENS with USA warranty. Nikon's Professional services repair (EXTREME sarcasm warning as there was NOTHING professional about the way I was treated) told me the solution to my problem was to never stop the lens down or to just remember to focus forward of the subject. I kid you not!! This was what I was told was the solution to my problem. They refused to repair of replace the lens. This incident combined with NUMEROUS others caused my shift to Canon.
Booo to you Nikon US!
Most likely wont go here in Europe thank God.
Kind Regards
OK, let me condense this:
We are establishing a monopoly in order to serve you better.
Having just got off the phone with Nikon I will testify that their service is terrible. Had my lens now for a month. I call and no one knows nothing. Can they check? No. We have to email that department and we will get back to you in 3-4 days.
Mr. Dentry's fails to recognize that independent repair facilities offer a very beneficial service that was very beneficial to Nikon. One of the reasons I was a nikon shooter for many years was I had access to a good independent repair facility. Because in my experience NIKON'S OWN REPAIR FACILITIES OFFER HORRIFICALLY BAD SERVICE. As a working pro I just want things fixed. If a camera or lens has a major issue or is under warranty I will send it back to Nikon. But many (IN FACT MOST) repairs do not fall under that category. So now I will be subjected to nikon's glacial and inept repair service for repairs that would be better and MORE EFFICIENTLY handled by an independent repair guy. If it were not for independent repair facilities I would have migrated back to Canon long ago. If nikon does prevent independent repair access to parts I guess it is time to buy Canon. At least Canon has respect for their customers. Nikon does not.
Woww!! Nikon is so brilliant (sarcasm). So when I buy a new nikon D4 for umpteen thousand dollars and I accidentally break the flash card door instead of going to my trusted independent repair guy I will have to send my camera back to nikon? That makes no sense. Does anyone at nikon possess critical thinking skills?
Congratulations to Nikon for driving one nail in their coffin.
So, the cameras require calibration, etc., and yet when Nikon 'repairs' them, they never come back calibrated, there's nothing different about that.
I'd have to wager a guess that even if the folks in the service depots were told to calibrate the cameras as they are returned to customers, they would have no idea how to do that.
I have to say, my feelings about Nikon are always rather mixed.
We don't do repairs, we just send them to the relevant repairer and charge a handling fee on top of the basic repair cost in exchange for shipping and shouting at the manufacturer to get things done.
Sometimes Nikon amaze me with their goodwill gestures - fixing cameras under warranty that were obviously accidental damage, because the customer is some old dear that didn't realise pulling the battery door off was bad for the camera. Repairing a camera that's outside of warranty by a few weeks (believe me, the other manufacturers are never this nice), or chucking in new eyecups or screen covers without charging extra.
Other times, they drive me to despair - taking forever to fix simple things, giving rubbish excuses, supplying horribly vague estimates... I think I'm chasing three different repairs at the moment, and have three angry customers.
Certainly a mixed bag.
i think thats a good decision, and it would also be good to rethink their current repair partners
in Austria, Nikon only has one repair station, and all pro photographers know if you bring a camera to them you get it back in worse condition then you brought it in, so they send their gear to germany
please nikon, let another shop take repairs for nikon, last time i was there the shop assistant told me i should buy canon if iam not happy wi their (the shop) work
this is NOT ok when you bring in two d3
and it got to this point BECAUSE there is no second shop in austria, and this shop knows that every mikon send in to a camera shop will end on their work bench, and thats why they behave like that
Nikon should design their cameras so they don't require expensive custom repair tools to service or change parts. I suspect it is the other way round though - they may be deliberately designing cameras so they they require expensive custom tools from Nikon to service.
The Japanese motorcycle industry did the same thing.
Nikon and Canon have a virtual duopoly on full frame DSLRs - and almost as strong a position in the DSLR market as a whole. Regulators should keep an eye on both companies to make sure they are not abusing their dominant positions. Nikon denying parts to independent repair shops smacks of that.
Of course they always claim what they are doing for their own benefit is for the benefit of the consumer.
No other camera company designs cameras that way.
Actually, no company designs much modern anything that way.Try fixing an iPhone yourself. ;)
That doesn't mean I agree with the Nikon policy. There are an awful lot of parts that you can change without needing all the setvice tools.
for an iphone, you need a screwdriver, open both screws on the bottom side, slide the screen out, thats it
"thats it"
Well, you left out the part about figuring out why it won't power up, ordering the appropriate replacement parts, and soldering the surface mount components, but sure, "thats it".
Sure, iPhone just needs a screwdriver. A unique star-shaped Pentalobe screwdriver.
I love capitalism. Dumb corporations screw up and the market creates an opportunity for somebody willing to take a chance.
Start a gray market parts import business selling parts to service centers.
So what we've got ?
- we're living in an era where there's a tremendous absence of "full format" sensors, and this makes Nikon's and Canon's living FOR NOW
- they cling to their mirror systems LIKE MAD, instead of offering alternative good mirrorless bodies, together with their "mirror" body sensors
- interesting here, Leica once decided it must also offer a mirror camera system... which they then dumped
- (ok, "mirrorless" is their core technology, when for Nikon and Canon, it's the other way round)
- price tags for Nikon/Canon approach medium format cameras, which for most uses is ridiculous :
- buy a low-end medium camera, with fewer glass, for the same overall price (!), and get Nikon/Canon quality for your "telephoto" cut-outs, but much better quality for your wide- and medium-angle shots
- or buy something like the Fuji X1 if you don't have time to wait for 24x36 arrival in "mirrorless"
- and SPARE TEN GRAND :
Nikon/Canon/mirror is for special use only. Time's over, boys.
And just what does your post have to do with the topic Nikon stops supplying spares to independent repairers?
You are only blathering another idiotic diatribe against traditional DSLRs
BTW Leica still offer a "mirror camera system" - the S2
I'm not sure what most of this means. It appears to be some sort of strange machine translation, there's lots of English words, strung together in ways that don't say much.
But, this statement is totally incorrect. "price tags for Nikon/Canon approach medium format cameras". The only Nikon and Canon cameras with prices that high are the D4 and 1DX, cameras that do things no medium format camera does, such as exceed 1.2 frames/sec (the Nikon and Canon are 6-10 times faster than MF cameras) with state-of-the-art autofocus and weather sealing.
The $3000 (yes, less than 1/3 the price of the cheapest medium format) matches a medium format in resolution, shoots at 2-3x the speed, has better AF, a broader lens line.
and so what ?
you where just bored, or is there a second post that actually tells us what this has to do with the newsline ?
and btw 5k for a pro camera is perfectly fine, i can buy 2 of them with one job ^^
the problem is that hobby consumers get attracted to pro cameras, and they want pro companies to sell pro hardware to consumers for 300€ and then they complain why it has no face recognition like the sony cybershots
if youre a hobby photographer PLEASE stop commenting on pro cameras, this is NOT your kind of camera, those are meant to serve people that actually earn money with them
Wow, he got something right, characterizing yourself as "Idiotic"
But beyond that, totally off in the weeds. This is a specially choice gem "My analysis here is top-notch,"
Your analysis, coming form someone who sells analyses, is both technically without merit and essentially illiterate.
Oh, and I see you joined today. Welcome to dpReview. May your stay be short.
It's all very well offering strident opinions: unfortunately these are almost incomprehensible strident opinions. They might carry more weight if expressed coherently and with some regard to the conventions of written English. As it is they reveal the author, "purchase" to be a nitwit.
Our shop has been repairing Nikon Products for over 30 yrs. I have many satisfied customers from California to Florida to Maine. See my feedback at
www.sportshooter.com as well as many other sites. I have always been able to determine what repairs require factory service. Similar to auto repairs , often it makes sense to go to the dealer. I cannot believe I will now need to send my customers camera in to Nikon for the simplest of repairs.
Can you imagine Nikon's price for a Battery door repalcement $$$. Not to mention how long it will take and how much money my pro photographer
will lose when his camera is gone for 2 months. This is anti trade and anti buisness practices. Sign our Petition at Change.org search Nikon. Thank You.
The wide angle deflector broke on my SB-800 and Nikon wanted to charge me over $100 to repair it. It may not be a big deal but the WA deflector prevents flash head from zooming when activated. Local guy wanted a lot less but I went on eBay and got the part myself for $15 and repaired it without electrocuting myself.
At least I had the option to go with a local guy for cheaper repairs; now, I'd be lucky to get even simple part for simple repairs.
- and they sell Leica lens adaptors for that new Fuji X1 goodie, but which hasn't got the sensor format I long for (btw, isn't it ridiculous that there is such a mountain of Leica lens adaption possibility everywhere, for sensor formats multiplying most of these into tele lensesn when in fact you'd need wide and medium angles, mostly, in Leica quality, with your xyz body ?
- see what we've got now : D4, with a resolution I don't need (and not needed by many a customer, doing shots for web use)
- but the D4 (age difference 3 years) is more than 6,000 euro, and again, with a mirror system I don't need and don't want (but would have accepted for "full format" in a 3,000 euro body)
- for my use, and for most uses, the mirror system is useless, expensive, prone to fail, it's "old technology"
- I will certainly NOT accept that in a 6,000 / 7,000 euro body, and many other people won't either
(to be continued)
The words all look like English, but it reads like some alien language.
whats your point man??
slrs are not for hobby shooters like you
every pro knows why he wants an ovf/slr system, its ok that those cameras are too heavy when you visit the zoo with your grand children, but thats why you are no pro
you just dont understand photography, its like me complaining about the milage of formula one cars ^^
to cut costs for THEM, not for the customer, not for the environment
- many people switch to Canon or elsewhere
- but they will not necessarily be better of then.
And here's my personal view of Nikon :
- I'll need a good camera for professional use, soon
- photos are for web use only, hence no need for big resolution, and I need wide angle
- thus, Nikon D3 would have been perfect, together with the 14-24 lens, and the body was, at a time, below 3,000 euro incl. VAT
- unfortunately, I was too dumb to buy 2 or 3 bodies then, for future usage, but then, is it smart to be stuck with old Nikons, in some years ? with old Leicas, yes, but old Nikons ?
- I wouldn't need the mirror (and all the unnecessary complications going along with it) in a camera, but I cherish the "full" format sensor
- thus, I "accept" the "Nikon way", in order to have such a 24x36 mm sensor
- since Leica doesn't have got a good sensor living up to its renown
(to be continued)
I've read 100 comments here. My consolidated view is :
- Nikon tries to impair the "grey market" by whatever means possible
- - incl. illegal means (cf. their European Union proceedings, cf. their behavior in Australia)
- on top of that, they don't even do the repairs in any professional way :
- - cf. the Spanish experience, systematically, smear on the sensor, and billing of a useless "cleansing" on top of that
- - extreme delays, repairs not done, repair done but new defects done in the repair process (a lot of people report these)
- they are lying, 95 % (or so) of repairs do NOT involve any need for (or use, even by their "authorized" dealers / repair shops, of) their specialized repair gear (cf. components, if a little thing is broken, the repair shop has to replace (and bill) it along with many other things, within the whole component : it's like in the car, and in the electronics, industry, and as it is there, they do it to cut costs for THEM... to be continued
I am all in favour, because already when cameras go for servicing they get outsourced to just about anyone, and I have had problems,with manufacturers not repairing or servicing the equipment themselves but getting retailers to send them to an "authorized" repairer.
They may be authorized, but in my own experience you only get a proper service/repair IF you can persuade the retailer or Nikon or whoever to do it for you themselves.
And manufacturers should all repair EVERYTHING they have made themselves. Its no good saying, sorry, we dont do D1s any more or F100s or F4s any more, and that lens, you know the 55mm macro with the oil WE put on the aperture blades, well, we don't do those either- that is not only not good enough, it is just unprofessional and really bad business.
So, yes, do it, but DO IT ALL!
"And manufacturers should all repair EVERYTHING they have made themselves. Its no good saying, sorry, we dont do D1s any more or F100s or F4s any more, and that lens, you know the 55mm macro with the oil WE put on the aperture blades, well, we don't do those either- that is not only not good enough, it is just unprofessional and really bad business."
It's good business. Supporting obsolete technology is not their business. Other people are geared up for that. And professionalism has nothing to do with this issue: it's a business decision. They are not in business for you or for independent repairers but rather for themselves.
I am in favour because it's a private business and they can should be able to do what they like. In these economic times it may make a lot of sense.
In the meantime unless they change their policy I will NOT be buying a Nikon. But I'm probably not the demographic to whom they sell the most.
I don't know how is the Nikon service in USA, but in Spain, the official Nikon service is substandard. The first thing they do when you give them for repair the DSLR is to put the objective out of the camera, so you get the sensor absolutely dirty. Then, when you receive the camera, they try to charge you with a "cleaning service" that is absolutely useless, because of the camera sensor is dirty forever. Now I have a Nikon D70 that I cannot use because of the dust in the sensor, and I use my small Panasonic bridge camera. I can't imagine that an independent service should perform as low quality service thant the official Nikon service
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Sebastian Eriksson, Sandra Hultgren and Kevin Eriksson of the OlsbergsMSE outfit are ready for the next year to be launched 'RallyX SuperCar Scandinavia' series.
Sebastian Eriksson, Sandra Hultgren and Kevin Eriksson of the OlsbergsMSE outfit are ready for the next year to be launched 'RallyX SuperCar Scandinavia' series.
The FIA European Rallycross Championship returns to the Höljesbanan in Sweden for another 'Magic Weekend'. Prior to its start ERC24 looks back to the 1993 European round here that saw an all Swedish winners podium in SuperCars.
After the inaugural race in 1916 the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) was for many a year an all-American affair, till in 1984 saw its first European competitors in "Mister Rallycross" Martin Schanche and "French Volcano" Michèle Mouton.
Before Montalegre, where this weekend Rd2 of RallycrossRX will be run, it was Lousada who hosted for many a year the ERC rounds of Portugal. Here a short review of the inaugural Portuguese European round in 1991.
For at least 30 years some people keep on claiming that the motorsport of Rallycross owes its existence to either a 1963 Rallysprint-type event held at the car parks of Brands Hatch Circuit, or to the outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease in the UK – or even to both. All nonsense, Rallycross was born at Lydden Hill, already nine months before the 1967 RAC Rally was cancelled due to FMD.
Ramona Karlsson, Sweden's most successful female Rally driver, is offering a taxi service to find sponsors for WorldRX.
Rally driver and sport shooter Nasser Al-Attiyah is looking forward to try his hands on Rallycross next year. The 2012 Olympic bronze medal winner (Men's skeet) and 9-times Middle East Rally Champion from Quatar has been invited to the 2014 World Rallycross Championship.
Today's FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris has confirmed the calendar for the all-new 2014 World Rallycross Championship, including events in Canada (North America), Turkey (Asia) and Argentina (South America).
The Rallycross venue Eurocircuito de Lousada in Portugal is for sale and if YOU fancy being a Rallycross circuit owner it would need 1.65 million Euros to make your dream come true.
Swedish 'Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS' is set to race two VW Polo Mk5 SuperCars for Norwegian Ole Christian Veiby and Swede Johan Kristoffersson in the all-new SRC of 2014.
Andi Mancin, a Polish racing all-rounder focussing on America, Global RallyCross and X Games, has an almost 500bhp strong Fiat 500L 4WD SuperCar in the making.
Umeå in Sweden is set to host a very special Rallycross event on January 18, when the usual tarmac and gravel surface will be replaced by ice and snow.
Norwegian racing all-rounder Tommy Rustad has revealed his plans to participate in a minimum of six but in as many as possible of the 2014 RallycrossRX rounds.
Shortly after the Global RallyCross announcement that Red Bull would become their title sponsor from 2014 on American Superstar Travis Pastrana revealed to leave NASCAR, but did not mention another GRC commitment.


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PHOTOS: John Watson - Prolly Is Not Probably
The involvement of SRAM throughout the Amgen Tour of California was fantastic. It is one thing to see the racers ready to go in the early morning hours before the start, but the mechanics (and especially those of SRAM NRS) are, arguably, more impressive. Not only are they the first ones up every day but more often than not they are the last ones to retire in the evening. Not to mention the fact they are on call at every other part of the day; should something go wrong, these gentlemen are first on the scene. As a part of our ongoing coverage of the ATOC, we thought it only right to give thanks to the guys who make sure everything runs smoothly.
On day three of this year's ATOC, we placed our pal, John Prolly, into one of the SRAM NRS (Neutral Race Support) vehicles, so that he could see what happens at the back of the pack. And hence the fantastic photos. Luckily for us, our man Chad from the Rapha Continental was at the helm of the SRAM Volvo in question, so John was able to see just how they roll. Chad is a fantastic driver, eats healthy food non-stop and has a great sense of humor to boot. These qualities alone would make him a much-loved face in the pro peloton but should you get yourself into a mechanical situation, then Chad is going to be your beacon of light for getting you back to the peloton as quickly as possible.
This is not the first time that we have worked with Chad at the Tour of California. For the last couple of years the Rapha Continental has ridden our own version of the ToC. The first time we rode the entire length of the course from start to finish. The second time around we enlisted the help of professional cyclocross racer Tim Johnson and did a few of the stages. In both of these cases, Chad was there to help with not only the mechanical side of things but offer support in a broader sense. It was Chad who knew where we could get a massage therapist when someone was injured, and it was Chad who got us to the bike shop that would have the smallest of parts necessary to hold Hahn's bike together. His thoughts and stories on riding (and eating and sleeping and racing) are a welcome reprieve when a day in the saddle starts to get long.
SRAM had also stopped by the Rapha Cycle Club in San Francisco at the start of Stage Two, to set up bikes for people to test the new SRAM Red components they launched earlier this year. It was mildly mind-blowing to see all the red Specialized S-Works bikes decked out in new gear for people to test around the streets of SF.
Thanks to SRAM (and SRAM NRS) for putting together a fantastic crew once again for the Amgen Tour of California. Your support to the industry and racing scene is invaluable. Check out this short video featuring Chad – thank you, Chad!
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DES PLAINES, Ill. -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau has released its annual Hot Wheels report, which lists the most-stolen vehicles in Ohio and across the country.
In the Buckeye State, Chevrolet full-size pick-up trucks were the most stolen vehicle in 2012, followed by the Dodge Caravan and Ford full-size pick-up truck. The survey shows that a total of 21,342 vehicles were reported stolen in Ohio last year, a 1.3 percent increase compared to 2011. The NICB reports that marks a reverse in the eight-year downward trend of vehicles thefts.
Nationwide, the Honda Accord was the most stolen vehicle last year, with 58,596 reported stolen. The Honda Civic was second with 47,037, followed by the full-size Ford pick-up truck at 26.770. Last year, the Nissan Altima was the most stolen new car.
This year's report marked a change in the way the data was presented, namely in dropping the model year of the stolen vehicles. The NICB says this is because the Honda Accord and Civic, far and away the most stolen vehicles, would have filled the top 16 spots if model years had been included.
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Covered Stents to Treat Hemodialysis Access Stenoses in the Cephalic Arch and Central Veins
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Balloon angioplasty is used to open up a narrowing that forms in hemodialysis fistula. Two areas of particular problems are the terminal portion of the cephalic vein near the shoulder and the central veins in the chest. Although angioplasty is standard of care the treated narrowed segments of vein mostly renarrow within 3 months requiring retreatment to keep your dialysis access functional. Recently there has been introduction of a new technology called a covered stent graft. Initial studies suggest that placing this device across the area of narrowing leads to dialysis access staying open longer and needing less angioplasty treatments.
This study is designed to compare angioplasty (standard of care) versus using a covered stent graft. The investigators will then look at the dialysis records and future fistulograms to see if there is decreased flow through the fistula at 3, 6 and 12 months after the initial procedure.
Condition | Intervention |
Hemodialysis |
Device: GORE VIABAHN® Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface Procedure: PTA alone without use of the GORE VIABAHN |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Placement of Covered Stents to Treat Hemodialysis Access Stenosis in the Cephalic Arch and Central Veins |
- Target lesion primary patency at 3, 6, and 12 months [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Target lesion secondary patency at 3, 6, and 12 months, access circuit primary and secondary patency at 3, 6, and 12 months, anatomic, clinical, and procedural success. Adverse events through 1 month [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 140 |
Study Start Date: | January 2011 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Active Comparator: PTA alone |
Procedure: PTA alone without use of the GORE VIABAHN
PTA alone with no stent used
Experimental: PTA with covered stent |
Device: GORE VIABAHN® Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface
Covered stent produced by GORE VIABAHN
Other Name: Covered stent
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This is a randomized, prospective, unblinded study with 1:1 randomization. Both groups will undergo PTA of stenotic lesion and patients will be randomized such that 50% will receive a covered stent in addition to the PTA. Patients will be followed at 3, 6, and 12 months post-procedure. Follow-up will be conducted with either angiographic and/or transonic measurements.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Hemodialysis patient with a mature forearm or upper arm access that was created > 2 months before enrollment in study.
- The patient is ≥ 18 years of age.
- The patient has a reasonable expectation of remaining on hemodialysis for 12 months.
- The patient or his/her legal guardian understands the study and is willing and able to comply with follow-up requirements.
- The patient or his/her legal guardian is willing to provide informed consent.
- The patient has lesions that meet the angiographic inclusion / exclusion criteria and induce clinical, hemodynamic or functional abnormality.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The patient has a known or suspected systemic infection.
- The patient has a known or suspected infection of the hemodialysis access and / or bacteremia.
- The patient is currently taking maintenance immunosuppressant medication such as rapamycin, mycophenolate or mycophenolic acid, prednisone (>10 mg per day), cyclosporine, tacrolimus, or cyclophosphamide.
- The patient has known bleeding disorder (e.g., hemophilia or von Willebrand's disease).
- The patient has known sensitivity to heparin.
- The patient is scheduled for a live donor kidney transplant.
- The patient is enrolled in another investigational study or another access maintenance trial
- The patient has comorbid conditions that may limit their ability to comply with the follow-up requirements.
- Life expectancy is ≤ 24 months.
- The patient has an untreatable allergy to radiographic contrast material.
- The patient is pregnant.
- In the opinion of the operating physician, the patient's hemodialysis access circuit is unsuitable for endovascular treatment.
- The patient's access is planned to be abandoned within 1 year.
- The patient has indwelling catheters (dialysis, pacemakers, ports).
- The patient has a central vein stent that would lead to jailing of the internal jugular vein.
- The patient experiences angioplasty-induced venous rupture.
- The patient has a flow limiting dissection after angioplasty.
- The patient's hemodialysis access is thrombosed.
Contact: Dheeraj Rajan, M.D. | 416-340-4911/603-6276 | firstname.lastname@example.com |
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Contact: Dheeraj Rajan, MD 416-340-4911 firstname.lastname@example.com | |
Principal Investigator: Dheeraj Rajan, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Dheeraj Rajan, M.D. | Physician |
Responsible Party: | Dr. Dheeraj Rajan/ Head and Associate Professor, Division of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, University Health Network |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01200914 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | GORE-001 |
Study First Received: | September 10, 2010 |
Last Updated: | December 6, 2011 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board Canada: Health Canada |
Keywords provided by University Health Network, Toronto:
Hemodialysis Fistula Angiograph Angiogram Adult patients who are currently receiving hemodialysis treatment via an AV vascular graft or fistula located in the upper extremity |
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