Really getting fed up with Nikon zoom lens build quality

Stu Meech said:
This is what puts me off sending my 750 in for the latest shutter issue. When is there a time I could handle having the camera away for potentially a month?!
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its 10 days mate ;)

I rang Nikon's service centre to enquire what the average turnaround was with the current recall and they said it is 10 days

I have noticed a couple of deals that have gone south in the classified section where otherwise mint lenses have been posted out and due to lumps and bumps in transit they have had issues on arrival.
But then I know from personal experience as an agency driver and doing some work for DPD and a few other courier services, parcels are not given the care we expect piled high in the backs of vans and tossed around as you try to find the parcel you need falling over as you drive along let alone the rough handling they get by the workforce that are paid peanuts in the distribution centres all these things must have an impact somewhere along the line and sticking a fragile label on it well that's like a red rag to a bull they are the ones that they use for football practice

Does this put me off Nikon not in the slightest I wouldn't want one of those horrible plasticy Canon's if you paid me too:p:exit:

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Bazzle said:
................... and sticking a fragile label on it well that's like a red rag to a bull they are the ones that they use for football practice.....
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often wondered about that...:(

i always ask Sellers for shipment/postings on Monday/Tuesday
any later and the parcel could sit in a Depot over the weekend - maybe - that's when football practice takes place

BTW - anyone got a link to that [BBC.?] undercover film of parcel handling at [DHL.?]
 
Bazzle said:
its 10 days mate ;)

I rang Nikon's service centre to enquire what the average turnaround was with the current recall and they said it is 10 days
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They're lying.

I registered my D750 6 weeks ago with Nikon UK for the latest recall and still they haven't sent me a courier label - all I've had is 2 apology emails and the usual thanks for my patience.

I've gone back to my D700 as I'm sick of the D750 randomly locking up at crucial moments and having to remove the grip & camera battery to get the thing to work again.
 
Canon Bob said:
Is there some ergonomic difference between Canon and Nikon zooms that requires Nikon users to hold the lens by the zoom ring when mounting/demounting whilst Canon zooms have more barrel available to hold on to? The zoom mechanism end stop would then be required to overcome the resistance of the "bayonet twist".

Bob
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I've started to have a look at this, Bob.

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED and the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II USM. We have lots of both of them. The Nikon zooms need servicing frequently; the Canons virtually never.

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Both have the zoom ring in the same place. The zoom rings rotate in opposite directions, but the bayonet mounts rotate in opposite directions too. So in both cases, if you have the lens set at 70mm, you might put some torque on the zoom ring as you mount the lens on the camera. But I can't see any fundamental difference between the two.
 
There's a fundamental difference between those two 24-70s, that should, if anything, help protect the zoomed-out section of the Nikon. The Nikon's lens hood attaches to the outer barrel and doesn't move, while the inner barrel zooms back and forth inside. It's a rather good feature that effectively provides a zooming lens hood that matches the shading effect to focal length, and also protects the lens against knocks against door frames and the like. The new Nikon Mk2 VR version is the same, as was the Canon Mk1, but Canon changed to a more conventional layout with the Mk2.

I'm wondering Stewart if you have any comparable data from Roger Cicala at Lens Rentals?
 
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stuartm1 said:
They're lying.

I registered my D750 6 weeks ago with Nikon UK for the latest recall and still they haven't sent me a courier label - all I've had is 2 apology emails and the usual thanks for my patience.

I've gone back to my D700 as I'm sick of the D750 randomly locking up at crucial moments and having to remove the grip & camera battery to get the thing to work again.
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Well I'm not :p it took about 3 weeks to receive the email to print returns label and Im expecting it back any day now but then I rang them first and asked for their help in epiditing the process due to a planned trip to Scotland and they have also told me that it would be finished either Friday or Monday and sent back so fingers crossed
 
StewartR said:
I've started to have a look at this, Bob.

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED and the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II USM. We have lots of both of them. The Nikon zooms need servicing frequently; the Canons virtually never.

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Both have the zoom ring in the same place. The zoom rings rotate in opposite directions, but the bayonet mounts rotate in opposite directions too. So in both cases, if you have the lens set at 70mm, you might put some torque on the zoom ring as you mount the lens on the camera. But I can't see any fundamental difference between the two.
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Could you stick one of each through a band saw? I'm sure seeing a cross section through the internals will give much more away. :D
 
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