Nikon Warns That There Are Fake D800E DSLRs Out in the Wild

PETAPIXEL ^ | Dec 16,2014 | Michael Zhang

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Heads up: there are fake Nikon D800E DSLRs floating around. That’s according to Nikon Europe, which posted a notice “regarding fraudulent Nikon D800E digital SLR.” Apparently some unscrupulous folk are taking the D800, replacing its outer shell with the D800E cover, and selling the fake cameras through online auction sites (presumably eBay).

[MeshugeMikey]

astonishing!

Thank you

I shoot with Canons....pun intended!

[CGASMIA68]

out a my league,
have to stick to the ole Minolta 201 or my fav Mamiya 645

[CGASMIA68]

never looked at it that way is that how they came up with the name??

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Sony is the way to go!

[Yo-Yo]

I'll never buy a piece of Nikon ever again. They are NOT Scottish, if you know what I mean. (Click here if you don't.)

[proxy_user]

I didn’t think anyone could make a whole fake Nikon camera from scratch.....although you never know.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Canon 60D. Three years old.
Still clicking...

[MeshugeMikey]

Canon "The word "canon" comes from the Greek κανών, meaning "rule" or "measuring stick". " Canon Rules.... Nether sony nor Nikon are exactly slouches....

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I bought a used but like new Sony A200 in early 2009, it had less than 100 clicks on it. I worked it without mercy and at the first of this year I got to thinking "this thing has just got to die any minute". I bought another used but like new from KEH, less than a 100 clicks on it, can't imagine not having a camera, and damned if the first one isn't still going strong! It was Sony's basic DSLR but if you master it you can get excellent results, it is just harder to set than the expensive models.

It is hard to kill one!

[Mr. K]

Does anyone remember which camera was on that commercial on TV that said “The camera so good, we shot this commercial with it”

[NY.SS-Bar9]

There is only about $300.00 difference between the 800 and the 800E - doesn’t seem worth the trouble to counterfeit.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’m doing some freelance pix for a local paper. I’m using the 18-135 zoom lens.
I’d like to trade this combo in for a 5D but B&H Camera will only give $400 for what I have on their $3,000 camera.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Too many in stock, not enough demand. If they have to sit on stuff too long depreciation can kill their investment.

[Don W]

I had a Canon A540 that I absolutely loved. It made me look like I actually knew how to shoot. The only issue I had was the lens cover would hang up occasionally.

One day while cleaning it I grabbed the wrong solvent bottle and ruined the sensor.

I replaced it with a Powershot SX130IS. Decent enough camera, but my shots are nowhere near as good looking, even with the sizable increase in pixel #.

Any idea on what the difference could be?

[MeshugeMikey]

the lens on any digital camera is almost as important and in some cases more important than the sensor quality.

I had and still have although it doesnt see much use these days a leica VLUX 1 and wonderful lens...and a fairly deficient sensor as I couldnt shoot much in the way of anything in low light..

the lens was pretty outstanding for a all in one “bridge” camera.

Im not familiar with the A540 but have seen a lot of reasonably quality stuff produced using the powershots.

[__rvx86]

Canon AE-1 FTW!

[faithhopecharity]

still the best:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8777639

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Sensor size is more important than pixel count.

[IYAS9YAS]

Canon AE-1 FTW!

My folks bought me an AE-1 Program in the mid 1980s. I used that until about 1990, then bought a Canon T-90. Had to have some warranty work done on the T-90 early on (the auto-advance wasn't auto advancing), but then no more issues.

I wish I still had the AE-1 Program and a B&W processing setup (and film, of course), I'd be using it today, or teaching my kids on it. I just haven't kept up with the tech on the new ones, so it's just been cheap point and shoots, or my cell phone. I would like to get back into it, and get a new Canon setup, but am so far behind, I don't even know where to start.