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Anyone sent a Nikon D300 or similar back to Nikon HQ for a service? Mines on 50k clicks, nothing particularly wrong with it at all, few sensor spots. I know I should just clean this myself but is there anything else they actually do to check things are all ticky-de-bo?

From working in a camera shop I know these sort of things rarely cost below £60, is it going to be worth it? Use my camera most days at work and hopefully travelling over the summer but if everything seems fine, should I not bother?
 
dont bother, if it aint broke dont fix it! Run it till it stops then either repair if worthwhile or replace!
 
Dave Pickett said:
dont bother, if it aint broke dont fix it! Run it till it stops then either repair if worthwhile or replace!
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Or a little service will just keep everything at it's best
 
boyfalldown said:
Or a little service will just keep everything at it's best
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I wouldn't send it in unless there was a specific problem that required attention. Why run the risk of introducing a fault if it all works fine?
 
Dave Pickett said:
dont bother, if it aint broke dont fix it! Run it till it stops then either repair if worthwhile or replace!
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maf said:
I wouldn't send it in unless there was a specific problem that required attention. Why run the risk of introducing a fault if it all works fine?
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Do you both have this philosophy with every thing in life ie you cars, just remind me never to buy a car from you.;)

To the OP if you feel a service is in order get it serviced, they will check everything over and if their are any problems inform you and then its your choice if you want it repairing.
 
so if they do a service all they do is look at everything and tell if something is wrong (which the op will already know!)

Oh and i service my own cars as I don't trust garages, and if you did buy a car from me it would be in top order.

As you think it's such a great idea to get it serviced can you tell me what Nikon (in this case) will actually do?

Dave have you had both of your cameras serviced and can you tell us what it cost and what difference it made?
 
A Car is slightly different to a Camera in that servicing is a necessary evil for safety reasons more than anything. It also helps a bit with resale, but to be honest I don't think either applies to a camera.

So yes, I do have the car serviced :)
 
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If there are only a few sensor spots I would clean the sensor myself and save time and money. If you have access to a sensor loope it makes cleaning very easy.

Realspeed
 
Yeah it seems it may not be worth it. For someone at Nikon to look it over and tell me it's fine, which I already know. It's not like a car where the oil NEEDS to be changed, the camera either works or it doesn't I guess. The 7x sensor loupe with LEDs are really good but quite expensive, then you need something to clean it with. May do a DIY job and use a film loupe and rocket blower
 
Wouldn't recommend a rocket blower, all it does is shift dust from one part of a camera to another. Friend of mine used one and the dust blew to behind the viewer eyepiece. To remove it means dismantling the camera "according to him". The camera in question is a Nikon D200
 
I was going to do the service as the lcd now has a line on it, and in general it could probably do with a check up.

Problem I found is that Birmingham isn't close to a nikon approved service/repairer (went to nikons site and found a link to approved repairers).

So far haven't bothered... pics on flickr link from last saturday :) around brum

Also didn't look like it was going to be cheap. the few dead pixels seem to vanish during post processing so... :)
 
realspeed said:
Wouldn't recommend a rocket blower, all it does is shift dust from one part of a camera to another. Friend of mine used one and the dust blew to behind the viewer eyepiece. To remove it means dismantling the camera "according to him". The camera in question is a Nikon D200
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Been using a rocket blower for about three years and never had a problem, as long as you hold the camera screen side up so the opening is facing the floor, dust can fall out. Blower has always done the trick of getting rid of spots so far
 
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