I am sure there are good technicians at the service center but this is my experience
Two friends accidentally chucked my D800 into a swimming pool and the camera stopped working. Fair enough, water damage. I took it to the Nikon service center to see if there is anything they can do and after a "general checking" by their technician, it was deemed to be a complete write off due to extensive water damage. Fair enough. It went into the pool cant blame Nikon. I left it on the shelf thinking its beyond reasonable repairs.
I saved up and bought a new camera today. When I got home, I thought what the hell might as well try the old D800 again with the new battery. And what do you know. the old D800 camera turned on fine. camera works fine. only thing is there are 3 spots in the viewfinder. so what exactly did the "general checking" at the service center entail? they couldn't just put in a different battery just to check? utter, completely incompetence...
On the upside. While I don't suggest throwing your nice shiny camera into the deep end of a pool, I am impressed with Nikon's weather sealing.
Two friends accidentally chucked my D800 into a swimming pool and the camera stopped working. Fair enough, water damage. I took it to the Nikon service center to see if there is anything they can do and after a "general checking" by their technician, it was deemed to be a complete write off due to extensive water damage. Fair enough. It went into the pool cant blame Nikon. I left it on the shelf thinking its beyond reasonable repairs.
I saved up and bought a new camera today. When I got home, I thought what the hell might as well try the old D800 again with the new battery. And what do you know. the old D800 camera turned on fine. camera works fine. only thing is there are 3 spots in the viewfinder. so what exactly did the "general checking" at the service center entail? they couldn't just put in a different battery just to check? utter, completely incompetence...
On the upside. While I don't suggest throwing your nice shiny camera into the deep end of a pool, I am impressed with Nikon's weather sealing.