Stuck!
Like two dogs in heat!
On April 23rd, the day I shot the iceberg at The Arches provincial park on the province's Great Northern Peninsula, I used a couple of lenses ... interchanging between the AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm and the Sigma Sport 150-600mm a number of times. I was on my way farther north to shoot the Aurora that night but just before I left the iceberg shoot I was going to use the Sigma one more time to get a few extra close-up shots. When I tried to remove the 24-70mm, though, I couldn't take it off!!! As it so happened, that was the lens I was going to use for the Aurora, so I continued on and managed to get a few shots before the fog moved in.
But I used my iPad and did a little research on the Internet before leaving the park and discovered ... to my chagrin ... that I definitely wasn't the first one to have a lens stuck on a Nikon camera body! Not by a long shot! I did more extensive research after I arrived back home and wasn't happy with what I found. It has happened to lots of folks ... on a variety of Nikon bodies and lenses. Does Nikon take ownership of this problem and fix it for free? What do you think? Folks have been charged anywhere from $600-$1400 to get this problem fixed. Most have been told it happened because of "impact damage"! Some have even been told they had installed the lens improperly!
I haven't been told anything yet, because I haven't decided if I'm going to send it in to Nikon Canada or not. I did contact them and mentioned I had read that people had been told their camera had been subjected to "impact damage" and that that hadn't been the case with most of them and certainly not with me! I was told that Nikon's term "impact damage" is just a way of stating it has damages not due to a manufacture defect! Amazing!!! I was also told Nikon's costs are under a flat rate system ... where the parts and labour are combined in one cost and full details regarding the repair will be provided once the repair has been approved and returned. Also, that the flat rate for the D810 model is $ $610.00! But it is just an average as the technicians will need to assess the camera and the cost maybe lower or it may be higher.
Plus, the shipping cost back to Nikon in Toronto ... fully insured ... is close to $300! Can't send it by Canada Post anyway because the maximum they insure anything for is far less than the full value of camera and lens. So it has to be by FedEx, Purolator, etc.
Some folks have discovered a screw has come loose in the mount ... either on the camera or lens. My suggestion to you ... keep checking them! Use a little jeweller's screwdriver. I don't think that's my problem, though. Others have found that the pin on the mount doesn't retract when the release button is pushed ... that it separates from the release mechanism and stays up. Sometimes if you jiggle the lens long enough apparently it will drop back and allow the lens to be released. Cost of shipping would be less then, at least. But it would still have to be repaired.
I've jiggled it until my right wrist is almost twice the size of the left one. :-) But I'm pretty sure that a separated pin isn't my problem either. How do I know that? Ok. Check out the other photo I just uploaded. What you will see is a feeler guage ... bought at NAPA. I had one already, but it was the wire type ... not the leaf type. The 4/1000 inch (0.102mm) will fit between the lens and mount ... you have to lift up the little rubber seal on the bottom of the lens ... and it's a little tight, but It will fit in there. Actually, 6/1000 inch will fit in there. So, I can feel the pin with it when it's in there ... both sides and even from the front (not much space to manoeuvre from the front though because the pin is close to the outside rim.) I can tell by moving the feeler guage and watching the release button that the pin and mechanism seem to be still attached. Thought I might be able to get it to retract if I bump it with the feeler guage. No luck, though. And I've bumped it from both sides and the front!
Anyway, any ideas?
Oh, the 'two dogs in heat' thing reminded me of a Paul Thorn song ... same title: "Two Dogs In Heat." But he does another one called "It's A Great Day To Whup Somebody's *ss." Definitely more appropriate in this situation, as far as I'm concerned! Paul Thorn? Used to be a boxer. Fought Roberto Durand. Once. :-)
So, that's why I'm back using my D300. Glad I kept it ... but 12 MP as opposed to 36? Well, I have to do something.
Stuck!
Like two dogs in heat!
On April 23rd, the day I shot the iceberg at The Arches provincial park on the province's Great Northern Peninsula, I used a couple of lenses ... interchanging between the AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm and the Sigma Sport 150-600mm a number of times. I was on my way farther north to shoot the Aurora that night but just before I left the iceberg shoot I was going to use the Sigma one more time to get a few extra close-up shots. When I tried to remove the 24-70mm, though, I couldn't take it off!!! As it so happened, that was the lens I was going to use for the Aurora, so I continued on and managed to get a few shots before the fog moved in.
But I used my iPad and did a little research on the Internet before leaving the park and discovered ... to my chagrin ... that I definitely wasn't the first one to have a lens stuck on a Nikon camera body! Not by a long shot! I did more extensive research after I arrived back home and wasn't happy with what I found. It has happened to lots of folks ... on a variety of Nikon bodies and lenses. Does Nikon take ownership of this problem and fix it for free? What do you think? Folks have been charged anywhere from $600-$1400 to get this problem fixed. Most have been told it happened because of "impact damage"! Some have even been told they had installed the lens improperly!
I haven't been told anything yet, because I haven't decided if I'm going to send it in to Nikon Canada or not. I did contact them and mentioned I had read that people had been told their camera had been subjected to "impact damage" and that that hadn't been the case with most of them and certainly not with me! I was told that Nikon's term "impact damage" is just a way of stating it has damages not due to a manufacture defect! Amazing!!! I was also told Nikon's costs are under a flat rate system ... where the parts and labour are combined in one cost and full details regarding the repair will be provided once the repair has been approved and returned. Also, that the flat rate for the D810 model is $ $610.00! But it is just an average as the technicians will need to assess the camera and the cost maybe lower or it may be higher.
Plus, the shipping cost back to Nikon in Toronto ... fully insured ... is close to $300! Can't send it by Canada Post anyway because the maximum they insure anything for is far less than the full value of camera and lens. So it has to be by FedEx, Purolator, etc.
Some folks have discovered a screw has come loose in the mount ... either on the camera or lens. My suggestion to you ... keep checking them! Use a little jeweller's screwdriver. I don't think that's my problem, though. Others have found that the pin on the mount doesn't retract when the release button is pushed ... that it separates from the release mechanism and stays up. Sometimes if you jiggle the lens long enough apparently it will drop back and allow the lens to be released. Cost of shipping would be less then, at least. But it would still have to be repaired.
I've jiggled it until my right wrist is almost twice the size of the left one. :-) But I'm pretty sure that a separated pin isn't my problem either. How do I know that? Ok. Check out the other photo I just uploaded. What you will see is a feeler guage ... bought at NAPA. I had one already, but it was the wire type ... not the leaf type. The 4/1000 inch (0.102mm) will fit between the lens and mount ... you have to lift up the little rubber seal on the bottom of the lens ... and it's a little tight, but It will fit in there. Actually, 6/1000 inch will fit in there. So, I can feel the pin with it when it's in there ... both sides and even from the front (not much space to manoeuvre from the front though because the pin is close to the outside rim.) I can tell by moving the feeler guage and watching the release button that the pin and mechanism seem to be still attached. Thought I might be able to get it to retract if I bump it with the feeler guage. No luck, though. And I've bumped it from both sides and the front!
Anyway, any ideas?
Oh, the 'two dogs in heat' thing reminded me of a Paul Thorn song ... same title: "Two Dogs In Heat." But he does another one called "It's A Great Day To Whup Somebody's *ss." Definitely more appropriate in this situation, as far as I'm concerned! Paul Thorn? Used to be a boxer. Fought Roberto Durand. Once. :-)
So, that's why I'm back using my D300. Glad I kept it ... but 12 MP as opposed to 36? Well, I have to do something.