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| Spotted Towhee |
Last Wednesday I took my D700 in for sensor cleaning and a checkup, yesterday Nikon called to tell me the camera was read to go! Much faster service than my previous experiences with Nikon service in Richmond, with the camera being ready in less than a week. I'll give the service centre some credit, considering that a sensor cleaning is easier than fixing lenses. I picked up the D700 this morning and went out for a quick shoot to make sure everything was working properly. So far so good, and the sensor is almost spotless, I might be able to take some images with the sky present without spending 2 minutes getting ride of all the dust spots!
I also received my recently ordered Markins Q-10 ballhead, camera plate for the D700 and lens plate for the AF-S 300mm F4D IF-ED. I ordered yesterday and received the shipment today, talk about fast service! Markins seems to have a distributor here in Vancouver, which is likely why my order got out to me so fast. I'll spend some time giving my first impressions of the ballhead tomorrow.
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| Markins Q-10 Ballhead on Gitzo GT3531S |
Almost spotless being the key word...I sent my D50 in for a check up mine is almost spotless as well...the cool thing is, they did a "complimentary warranty repair". No charge! I am impressed...
ReplyDeleteYes, Nikon tends to give you one free checkup/sensor cleaning (under warranty). This was my complimentary check as well. Considering that my sensor was showing over 30 dust spots, even after repeated attempts to remove dust with a blower, getting down to one is a major improvement. They also cleaned out my viewfinder, which was getting dirty inside (common with the D700). I think in the cleaning process they got dust away from the AF sensors as well, because AF performance seems to have improved.
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