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I haven’t noticed this issue on my D600, which is a great camera, and I prefer it to the D800 I’m going to sell.
The D800 has a left focus issue, which Nikon seems to be in denial about, where if the center focus sensors focus properly, when using the viewfinder, the left focus sensors when used will be out of focus.
The D800 is a great camera, and it doesn’t affect the landscape type photography I mainly do, but there are a great many photogs not happy with their $3000 paperweights.
I prefer the D600 for its smaller size and lighter weight, and the fact that it uses the ML-L3 wireless remote, about the size of a matchbook and selling for less than $15. Extremely convenient compared to the clunky and expensive rig you need to do the same thing with Nikon’s pricier cameras.
Anyway, Swampie, thanks for the heads up. I’ll keep an eye out for dust in my pics.
Later.
I bought a Nikon P90 that had horrible sensor noise. I exchanged it for a new one, and it’s sensor noise was even worse.
I’ll never buy another piece of Nikon again.
And I mean.. BALLISTIC!! As in; a Saturn V rocket taking off, Krakatoa Erupting, our biggest Nuke going off, and Space Aliens fighting a battle on planet earth!
And I'd prolly wind up in jail for Assault With A Faulty Camera.
For a short while I worked in the repair/rental part of a camera shop.
We’d get these old SLRs whose internal materials had deteriorated; especially foam rubber light seals and mirror dampers.
Some of them would turn to mush and/or flake off in little bits.
Maybe the Nikons mentioned have an internal materials problem that is shedding these little bits and pieces. Shame, if so.
Does any camera manufacturer have some purposely sticky stuff inside the image box to trap and hold debris? Directly under a self-cleaning sensor would seem to be a good place for it. Of course, the camera maker would have to make sure the the sticky stuff would have a long lifetime without becoming a contamination source in its own right. (3M lo-tack chemist, please pick up the nearest white courtesy phone.)
Lenses are another source of entry for environmental contaminants. Lots of lenses, especially zooms, work like bellows as their front barrels move to and fro. Some of the pro lenses have sealing of some sort, but it’s tricky when the internal volume of the lens changes as a result of either focusing or zooming.