Oil spots on the D7100

S

sfgreg

New member
Well from what I read same issue on D7100, almost bought it but don't want to be cleaning my sensor repeatedly (Nope that shouldn't happen on a new camera).
Btw, asked Nikon on this, and the reply was"

"Thank you for contacting Nikon USA support. Unfortunately, we cannot speculate about third party websites. These sites have no affiliation with Nikon USA or any other subsidiary of Nikon, for official information regarding any questions or concerns, please visit Cameras from Nikon | D-SLR and Digital Cameras, Lenses, & More. There is no know issue with the Nikon D7100."

Nice.. after buying FE2, D70, D300 and a prospective D7100? Not to mention all the Nikon lenses, flash etc. No known issues? Yep all third party websites with real people having issues are speculative, and the D7100 has no issues whatsoever. Does this give you a warm fuzzy to invest in a camera that people complain out of the box, has sensor issues with dust, and OIL? OIL... wow, that's crazy. That is a basic basic quality control issue. Unacceptable. I don't care how good the camera may be, I don't want an investment that I have to worry about from day 1.

So, I guess if I want an upgrade, its new lenses, new flash and new brand, until Nikon at least admits there is a problem, and works hard at maybe a 'recall' to fix the sensors and something that seems to be causing a lot of aggravation to a large number of people.
 
Marcel

Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
Re: Any D7000 Owners get oil spots on sensor?

sfgreg said:
Well from what I read same issue on D7100, almost bought it but don't want to be cleaning my sensor repeatedly (Nope that shouldn't happen on a new camera).
Btw, asked Nikon on this, and the reply was"

"Thank you for contacting Nikon USA support. Unfortunately, we cannot speculate about third party websites. These sites have no affiliation with Nikon USA or any other subsidiary of Nikon, for official information regarding any questions or concerns, please visit Cameras from Nikon | D-SLR and Digital Cameras, Lenses, & More. There is no know issue with the Nikon D7100."

Nice.. after buying FE2, D70, D300 and a prospective D7100? Not to mention all the Nikon lenses, flash etc. No known issues? Yep all third party websites with real people having issues are speculative, and the D7100 has no issues whatsoever. Does this give you a warm fuzzy to invest in a camera that people complain out of the box, has sensor issues with dust, and OIL? OIL... wow, that's crazy. That is a basic basic quality control issue. Unacceptable. I don't care how good the camera may be, I don't want an investment that I have to worry about from day 1.

So, I guess if I want an upgrade, its new lenses, new flash and new brand, until Nikon at least admits there is a problem, and works hard at maybe a 'recall' to fix the sensors and something that seems to be causing a lot of aggravation to a large number of people.
Click to expand...

And what tells you that you won't have any problems with any other brand... Problems in manufacturing do happen and it's not because you've read a review on internet that it means that all cameras are affected. One thing I know is that the more sensitive sensors in newer models seem to attract more dust. I think this is simple physics because there is more static electricity inside the camera today than there was with lower pixel count sensors.

I have a D7000 and a D600 and can tell you that dust/oil is not something that is bothering me. It takes only a few minutes to touch up the little specks with PS and I rarely shoot at f22. For normal photography, I find these cameras do the job for me. For you...
 
S

sfgreg

New member
Re: Any D7000 Owners get oil spots on sensor?

Thanks for your reply. While the law of physics indicate that the larger sensors are more sensitive, why is there oil on them? That's a manufacturing defect and a quality control issue. The fact that Nikon won't acknowledge that there is a problem, stating that there are no known issues with this camera, is what concerns me the most. Also, dust on the sensor (out of the box), is also troublesome.

Perhaps other cameras have similar issues. I've owned a D300, and (knock wood) only had one significant dust issue (very noticeable on all apertures), had it cleaned, and fine. But, that came from camera use, so that was understandable. If I unbox a camera, have dust AND oil on a sensor, should I take my $1200 investment right in for repairs, or return it for another (or a refund)?

You certainly are entitled to your opinion. I was ready to buy the camera and a nice 18-200mm lens for it (to minimize changing lenses), but now I've decided to pass. Hopefully, if/when Nikon rights these wrongs, and goes back to being (imho) the premier camera manufacturer again, I'll purchase another camera from them.
 
J

jdeg

^ broke something
Staff member
Re: Any D7000 Owners get oil spots on sensor?

sfgreg - posted your reply above for you. Make sure you're logged in to the site when you reply. also moved this to its own thread since the previous one was specific to the d7000.
 
AC016

AC016

Senior Member
The only problem with this, is that there is a sense of generalization with all the so called reviews online. I find that people do tend to sensationalize things to get attention. Further, people tend to make broad sweeping statements. As you know, with anything posted to the internet, word gets out fast and people start to take what has been said as gospel. I just watched a youtube video where a guy supposedly just took his 7100 out of the box, attached a lens, put the cam in LV and he had this little black spec showing up. Right away he concludes its an oil spot on the sensor. Despite the fact that this spec could have been on his lens and despite the fact that an oil spot does not look like a black spec, he just made a quick and un-tested conclusion that it was an oil spot. He did not test any other lens, nothing. These are the kind of videos that people watch and fall for. These kind of videos are what is dangerous, far more dangerous than whatever ken rockwell may say. I have a 7100 and perhaps there is dust. But, i will just clean it like i cleaned my d80. I understand that it sucks to get a new camera with dust in the sensor, but some people out there go out of their way to find this problem and complain about it. The one thing to avoid is to make broad, sweeping statements about an otherwise great company.
 
Last edited:
N

Nathan Lanni

Senior Member
AC016 said:
The only problem with this, is that there is a sense of generalization with all the so called reviews online. I find that people do tend to sensationalize things to get attention. Further, people tend to make broad sweeping statements. As you know, with anything posted to the internet, word gets out fast and people start to take what has been said as gospel. I just watched a youtube video where a guy supposedly just took his 7100 out of the box, attached a lens, put the cam in LV and he had this little black spec showing up. Right away he concludes its an oil spot on the sensor. Despite the fact that this spec could have been on his lens and despite the fact that an oil spot does not look like a black spec, he just made a quick and un-tested conclusion that it was an oil spot. He did not test any other lens, nothing. These are the kind of videos that people watch and fall for. These kind of videos are what is dangerous, far more dangerous than whatever ken rockwell may say. I have a 7100 and perhaps there is dust. But, i will just clean it like i cleaned my d80. I understand that it sucks to get a new camera with dust in the sensor, but some people out there go out of their way to find this problem and complain about it. The one thing to avoid is to make broad, sweeping statements about an otherwise great company.
Click to expand...

+1

I find it hard to believe Nikon would make that mistake. The precision of these cameras requires they be assembled in a clean room, and likely, most assembly by robots.

It's far more probable the guy in the tube vid didn't bother to clean his lens. I'd believe that before I'd believe Nikon is shipping cameras with oily sensors.
 
R

Rick M

Senior Member
Is there a link to reputable professional review site confirming this issue?

I'm sure the forum traffic is an extremely small percentage of users. There are quality control issues everywhere, hopefully this is not a prevalent issue and it is just the usual bashing every new product gets online nowadays.

I think in a general sense workers are not as astute and caring as they used to be. I was in KFC last night and ordered a 12 piece meal. The girl gave me my package and upon inspection it was 9 pieces. She looked at me like I was stupid. After using all her fingers and piercings she figured out I was right and I left with all 12.

Luckily Nikon has a warranty. Take a chance you may be happy you did. I bought the D600, me and "Dusty" are getting along just fine :)
 
Last edited:
Top