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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 134032" data-attributes="member: 9240">Just to be clear, the spots are not oil, but dust (or possibly internal debris from the old shutter mechanism) that sticks to oil on the sensor and does not blow off like other dust.Given that Nikon has (sort of) acknowledged the issue and is replacing faulty shutter mechanisms on cameras sent in, one would hope that new production cameras have the corrected shutters.&nbsp; How many of these are in the marketplace unsold is an unknown, but I suspect they are out there to be purchased.&nbsp; I've shot about 500 shots since getting mine back from Nikon and have not seen a return of the issue (my first spots appeared the first day at about 150 shots), so I hold out hope.&nbsp; It's a great camera, and I actually will use it ahead of my D800 for everything outside of birding and special projects where I know that I may want the additional resolution for printing.&nbsp; The idea that you might need to send a newly purchased camera back to Nikon for a replaced shutter so quickly (a 3 week process currently, I am hearing) can be disconcerting.&nbsp; So while I do not blame anyone from shying away from the investment I would say that on the back end of the repair it's well worth it - especially if you have something else to shoot with while it's at Nikon (i.e. don't sell you're old camera too quickly).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 134032, member: 9240"] Just to be clear, the spots are not oil, but dust (or possibly internal debris from the old shutter mechanism) that sticks to oil on the sensor and does not blow off like other dust. Given that Nikon has (sort of) acknowledged the issue and is replacing faulty shutter mechanisms on cameras sent in, one would hope that new production cameras have the corrected shutters. How many of these are in the marketplace unsold is an unknown, but I suspect they are out there to be purchased. I've shot about 500 shots since getting mine back from Nikon and have not seen a return of the issue (my first spots appeared the first day at about 150 shots), so I hold out hope. It's a great camera, and I actually will use it ahead of my D800 for everything outside of birding and special projects where I know that I may want the additional resolution for printing. The idea that you might need to send a newly purchased camera back to Nikon for a replaced shutter so quickly (a 3 week process currently, I am hearing) can be disconcerting. So while I do not blame anyone from shying away from the investment I would say that on the back end of the repair it's well worth it - especially if you have something else to shoot with while it's at Nikon (i.e. don't sell you're old camera too quickly). [/QUOTE]

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