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D810 refurbished (in hand, concerns)
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<blockquote data-quote="unity" data-source="post: 629432" data-attributes="member: 43853"><p>I bought an 810 refurbished. Good deal, not really caring about what Nikon will come out with next. With that said, I have some concerns. The body is very worn, down to the metal in areas. I would expect this with a camera with 50,000+ clicks (like my 7000). The lens contacts are worn, the buttons all appear original to the body (tiny scratches, dust). Its certainly a <em>used</em> camera, which I would sorta expect with a refurb. Just not this <em>level</em> of use/wear. One would think Nikon would have a threshold on bodies that get an overhaul. "New or like new" after all.</p><p></p><p>With that said... The shutter count was zero. I took five test pics and of course ended up with five counts (a mix of RAW and JPEG). From what I have read all over, this is unusual. I have seen reports of 6K down to just a few dozen. Even in some cases people report new cameras have counts. But refurbs <em>always</em> have something, new bodies usually don't. I locked the shutter up and the sensor is very clean (a couple tiny specs at best) with no scratches or signs of cleaning. The shutter box area is equally clean.</p><p></p><p>So... do I consider myself lucky that the shutter/engine are probably new (the guts) and hope the buttons and all the other stuff surrounding them hold up or do I return/exchange for another? I will add that I have no problem taking a DLSR apart as I have fixed several others before. And this does have a 90 day warranty. But still, the darn thing clearly has some miles on it. I would expecting something cleaner/newer looking. Are my expectation too high? What have other experienced with refurbished units?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unity, post: 629432, member: 43853"] I bought an 810 refurbished. Good deal, not really caring about what Nikon will come out with next. With that said, I have some concerns. The body is very worn, down to the metal in areas. I would expect this with a camera with 50,000+ clicks (like my 7000). The lens contacts are worn, the buttons all appear original to the body (tiny scratches, dust). Its certainly a [I]used[/I] camera, which I would sorta expect with a refurb. Just not this [I]level[/I] of use/wear. One would think Nikon would have a threshold on bodies that get an overhaul. "New or like new" after all. With that said... The shutter count was zero. I took five test pics and of course ended up with five counts (a mix of RAW and JPEG). From what I have read all over, this is unusual. I have seen reports of 6K down to just a few dozen. Even in some cases people report new cameras have counts. But refurbs [I]always[/I] have something, new bodies usually don't. I locked the shutter up and the sensor is very clean (a couple tiny specs at best) with no scratches or signs of cleaning. The shutter box area is equally clean. So... do I consider myself lucky that the shutter/engine are probably new (the guts) and hope the buttons and all the other stuff surrounding them hold up or do I return/exchange for another? I will add that I have no problem taking a DLSR apart as I have fixed several others before. And this does have a 90 day warranty. But still, the darn thing clearly has some miles on it. I would expecting something cleaner/newer looking. Are my expectation too high? What have other experienced with refurbished units? [/QUOTE]
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