Photokina 2012: Nikon talks about the D800's outer AF issue

I am rather convinced that Nikon Germany (and most likely Nikon USA too) entirely share your point of view. But they cannot do what Tokyo doesn't endorse.

So, the real problem is that 99.9% of all the D800 AF noise never makes it to the pacific island ... It's almost like the internet in Japan uses an incompatible IP protocol stack