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<blockquote data-quote="sfgreg" data-source="post: 166076" data-attributes="member: 15294">Re: Any D7000 Owners get&nbsp; 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.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sfgreg, post: 166076, member: 15294"] [b]Re: Any D7000 Owners get oil spots on sensor?[/b] 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. [/QUOTE]

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