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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 83050" data-attributes="member: 9521">It seems to me that very few people are having their cameras "replaced", more typically their cameras are tested and are adjusted or more often found to be within specs and sent back to the buyer. The replacement cameras are generally not replaced by "Nikon", per se, but rather by the dealer trying to satisfy their customers. The examples where Nikon is involved almost never result in a new camera body. In general, most of the people who are having these problems are very inexperienced with cameras, which raises the first red flag. There have been multiple professional photographers who have come out saying the problem is 95% operator error. Nasim Mansurov in particular has effectively shown that nearly all the complaints where due to lack of properly understanding the camera. As he states, there are certainly camera with issues but that % is about the same across all camera bodies and there's nothing that indicate the D7000 is more prone to AF issues than any other camera. The bulk of the problem seems to be the issues inherent with moving from a lower level resolution camera to a high resolution camera. These so-called "soft" or back-focused images, once down-sampled to a 9 or 12 mp image suddenly look much more acceptable. Moreover, lower quality lenses exacerbate this problem, as well as simple things like camera shake, slow shutter speeds, etc. So while I agree there are legitimate issues with some D7000 camera bodies, many of them go away when the operator adjusts their shooting habits to account for a high resolution camera. Now if you want to mention the problem of oil on the sensor due to a problem during manufacturing, I'm in 100% agreement with you. This oil issue is a real one and Nikon has been great about fixing it without their normal "dirty sensors are not covered under the warranty" - knee jerk reaction.</blockquote>

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