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<blockquote data-quote="D200freak" data-source="post: 535153" data-attributes="member: 41018">My latest purchase is a Nikon D810. Purchase price $775 delivered to my door. [ATTACH]199545[/ATTACH]This is what I received.But,&nbsp; no worries,&nbsp; I knew it was like that when I bought it.The goal:&nbsp; FIX IT. It still works, except for the obvious lens mount damage.I've received it, analyzed the damage, already have the replacement front plastic,&nbsp; and have determined that the mirror box is beyond repair.&nbsp; So it has to be replaced.I've ordered a replacement mirror box. The catch is,&nbsp; in surgical terms this is like saying you need a new spine.&nbsp; The mirror box is what everything else is built around,&nbsp; pretty much. Absolutely no issues here.&nbsp; This is not a difficult repair, it's just a time consuming one.&nbsp; &nbsp; My parts should be here in about two weeks and then a pleasant (or frustrating, possibly) afternoon at work on it and I should have a nice D810 for my trouble,&nbsp; with less than 1000 dollars invested in it. I've already done about 3/4 of the disassembly, which involves removing the top, bottom, back, front, and sides from the camera.&nbsp; &nbsp; I'll leave the rest for when the replacement mirror box is in hand. I already have a D800,&nbsp; and it's very interesting to compare the two:&nbsp; Though the two cameras are very similar,&nbsp; NOTHING is really the same.&nbsp; No outside assembly will interchange.&nbsp; No inner assembly will, either. Frankly I think that's either very crappy or very smart of Nikon, depending on your point of view.&nbsp;&nbsp; It does keep people from turning a D800 into a fake upgraded D810.&nbsp; &nbsp; But having to make all new everything also means that the D810 must be more expensive than if they had just produced more D800 parts, thus benefitting from the benefits of large scale production economy. Anyway, I'm sure to have fun with this.&nbsp; Fixing stuff like this is something I really enjoy doing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D200freak, post: 535153, member: 41018"] My latest purchase is a Nikon D810. Purchase price $775 delivered to my door. [ATTACH=CONFIG]199545._xfImport[/ATTACH] This is what I received. But, no worries, I knew it was like that when I bought it. The goal: FIX IT. It still works, except for the obvious lens mount damage. I've received it, analyzed the damage, already have the replacement front plastic, and have determined that the mirror box is beyond repair. So it has to be replaced. I've ordered a replacement mirror box. The catch is, in surgical terms this is like saying you need a new spine. The mirror box is what everything else is built around, pretty much. Absolutely no issues here. This is not a difficult repair, it's just a time consuming one. My parts should be here in about two weeks and then a pleasant (or frustrating, possibly) afternoon at work on it and I should have a nice D810 for my trouble, with less than 1000 dollars invested in it. I've already done about 3/4 of the disassembly, which involves removing the top, bottom, back, front, and sides from the camera. I'll leave the rest for when the replacement mirror box is in hand. I already have a D800, and it's very interesting to compare the two: Though the two cameras are very similar, NOTHING is really the same. No outside assembly will interchange. No inner assembly will, either. Frankly I think that's either very crappy or very smart of Nikon, depending on your point of view. It does keep people from turning a D800 into a fake upgraded D810. But having to make all new everything also means that the D810 must be more expensive than if they had just produced more D800 parts, thus benefitting from the benefits of large scale production economy. Anyway, I'm sure to have fun with this. Fixing stuff like this is something I really enjoy doing. [/QUOTE]

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