![]() What I dont like are comments like I am more interested in worshipping the camera etc. I did a lot of research prior and most folks said often the cameras were like new including actuations. ![]() The one on my 5 year oldĬamera that has traveled the world with me, driven thousands of kilometers and passed many customs is in better shapeīy far. Big deal right? But that makes me think how did that get like that to begin with. ![]() For example the plastic cover screen showsĪ lot of scuffing. That the body and accessories show a bit more wear than I feel they should. The tone is starting to go a bit neg in regards to my questioning if this is too many shots for a fairly new refurb. Its kind of like the thread is going toward the direction of a blood letting here (mine) because I have one that's 50 years old and doing fine. Or we could stop looking at shutter actuations completely because it's a pointless metric that tells us nothing about the likely actual condition of the camera, which has much more to do with how was used than how much it was used. IMO a camera that's been owned previously should have at least several thousand shutter actuations so I know it's been broken in and used by the sort of person who's not crazy enough to own a really good camera and never used it. Has he not been using it because it has a problem he never wanted fixed, or is it because all he does with the D700 is sit at his desk and fondle it, and which of those would be worse? Or maybe it was bought by a rich guy who got the idea from reading web sites that he just had to have a D700 because it was the only thing capable of taking photos of children, and then he left it in a damp, salty locker on his yacht, getting rocked back and forth and bumped around 24/7 for the better part of those two years before he upgraded to a Leica M. Somebody who's had a D700 for 2 years and only took 2,000 frames needs to get out and shoot more! If I saw something that odd I'd think there must be something wrong with the camera. I hope this helps, but as I noted above, if the OP would like email me directly: I will be delighted to assist in advising on the returns procedure.Īdorama Camera Customer Service Ambassador However, if you were to ask my personal opinion on whether the equipment that Adorama offers as refurbished is typically less than a year old, based on the regularity with which we receive batches, I'd be inclined to think it is all relatively new. Refurbished equipment is not like new inventory the manufacturers contact us when they have a batch to sell, and the availability is unpredictable. Īs to the individual history of a single item, the honest answer is we have no way of knowing. In addition, Refurbs come into us with the firmware updates and latest fixes which were carried out at whatever stage it was at when we took delivery. (I have three myself, and for sure they were all factory-fresh!)Ī refurb may also be an ex-store demo, possibly used in field tests or sales displays, or it may have been ordered in error and returned to the retailer (who can't then sell it as 'new' so it has to be sent back to the manufacturer for refurbishment). Most of the time it is a very minor issue that needs correcting, nevertheless, once it is pulled from the normal flow of production, it gets flagged as a refurbished model, so you may get a unit straight from the factory that has never been used. Refurbs can have simply been pulled from the production line if something appears faulty, or if they haven’t passed the final inspection. All refurbished Nikon units sold by Adorama Camera come with a 90-day return-to-Nikon warranty - which includes a 30-day returns period to Adorama - and have all been factory refurbished by the manufacturer.Ī refurb will have been checked over by the manufacturer by hand, inspected very thoroughly, diagnosed, and calibrated by experienced technicians, and could therefore turn out to be more dependable than a new item - which will only have been checked by a process of systematic quality control protocol (ie by random sampling as it comes off the conveyor belt).
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