Nikon Fixes D600 For Free - DPChallenge Forums

02/26/2014 07:34:10 PM · #1

PhotographyLife.com is reporting that Nikon has finally caved and will fix D600's for free AND Nikon will pay shipping charges.

It took a class-action lawsuit to get the ball rolling but the ball has rolled.

D600 Relief

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

02/26/2014 10:44:19 PM · #2

YEAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

snaffles

Nikon D7100

02/27/2014 07:53:04 AM · #3

'bout frickin time!

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

02/27/2014 11:39:09 AM · #4

Filled out form...boxed and ready to be taken to UPS.

Remember everyone to take all accessories off/out of your camera, including the battery.

Now the question is: what is the service they will perform? Replace the shutter? Or just a cleaning. Hopefully, the former!

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

02/27/2014 01:02:38 PM · #5

Originally posted by Neil:

The solution: Nikon is making available to all owners of D600 cameras (even if Nikonâ��s product warranty has expired) this customer-service measure, which includes the inspection, cleaning and replacement of the shutter assembly and related parts of your camera

Read more: //photographylife.com/nikon-d600-service-advisory#ixzz2uXxT1kuj

02/27/2014 01:04:26 PM · #6

Originally posted by Neil:

Maybe this is an official announcement but Nikon already did it. They changed my shutter mechanism at the beginning of February.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/27/2014 02:17:02 PM · #7

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by Neil:
Filled out form...boxed and ready to be taken to UPS.

Remember everyone to take all accessories off/out of your camera, including the battery.

Now the question is: what is the service they will perform? Replace the shutter? Or just a cleaning. Hopefully, the former!

Maybe this is an official announcement but Nikon already did it. They changed my shutter mechanism at the beginning of February.

And as I recall, you said it didn't help? Or am I remembering that wrong and it was something else with your camera?

bmatt17

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

02/28/2014 03:44:24 AM · #8

Doesn't surprise me it took a class action for Nikon to do right. Bought binoculars from them not too long ago, and the center wheel that focuses them broke. Under warranty, a $2 part and they refused to fix them without me paying for the repair. Worst customer service I've ever dealt with. Will never buy anything with Nikon on it ever again.

02/28/2014 04:33:07 PM · #9

Originally posted by bmatt17:

We'll soon see...(or maybe not too soon). I just dropped mine off at UPS. Let's see how long it takes, how good they are at communicating, and most importantly, what comes back to me!

03/01/2014 04:37:13 AM · #10

Originally posted by Neil:

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by Neil:
Filled out form...boxed and ready to be taken to UPS.

Remember everyone to take all accessories off/out of your camera, including the battery.

Now the question is: what is the service they will perform? Replace the shutter? Or just a cleaning. Hopefully, the former!

Maybe this is an official announcement but Nikon already did it. They changed my shutter mechanism at the beginning of February.

And as I recall, you said it didn't help? Or am I remembering that wrong and it was something else with your camera?

No there was another problem - the viewfinder display didn't work.

Now the camera works much better even if I'm not sure that the problem completely disappeared.

03/14/2014 05:47:14 PM · #11

Just got notice of a mailing label for shippoing this back to me... (unless it's my lens coming back already.)

Two weeks isn't bad turnaround given I shipped it in as soon as they announced the recall.

alfresco

Nikon D700

03/14/2014 08:25:56 PM · #12

Two week turnaround is pretty good. Hopefully you'll have a better-than-new D600 :)

03/14/2014 09:24:03 PM · #13

As for me, mine seems to be ok, or at least much better than before.

I shot a lot of time lapse sequences and not huge problems.

alfresco

Nikon D700

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

03/14/2014 09:50:08 PM · #14

That's good to hear, Alex!

PapaBob

Sony Alpha a7 IV

03/15/2014 04:54:23 PM · #15

Sent my dirty girl in this morning, already miss her but when she comes back we will have so much more fun.

03/23/2014 11:04:58 AM · #16

Mine came back this week...clean!

Glad to see Nikon finally did something about it.

And note I saw a NEW D600 on sale on the web yesterday for $1495 or so! Quite a steal, especially with the problem solved!

Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro

05/11/2014 10:13:28 AM · #17

So far so good! No oil in these hills.

I want to also add, having been mostly using my D7100 lately, that the D600 sensor totally rocks (especially in comparison)! The D7100 sensor was a step backwards for shadow recovery.

Check out these test captures from a shoot yesterday. We were testing the lights. The Alien Bee 800 was set to manual, lowest setting.

As shot, on manual:

Lightroom Auto Adjust, +5 Stops!!!!!!!!! No Noise Reduction.

100% crop from above. Again, no Noise Reduction.

Also, shot all day with the 24-70 F2.8. This has become my favorite FF lens!

Ann

Olympus OM-D E-M1

05/11/2014 10:56:57 AM · #18

Not to derail the thread, but how do you find the D7100 for highlight recovery?

05/11/2014 10:58:58 AM · #19

With low light conditions and for shadows recovery D600 is super, I agree.

As for me, the problem of dust on the sensor is partially solved - much better than before but still I have to clean it much more often than my D7000. But in many ways I love this camera.