T. Hogan on D800 QC issue

While you could say the data could be more statistically significant, you can't say it isn't significant at all. The only statistical explanation for ALL Nikon's being worse than ANY Canon, would be Canon users like to tweak their good cameras with software, while Nikon users will only fix their really bad ones. That seems pretty implausible. The only scenario I could see for that, is if most Canon users send their bad cameras back to Canon, while Nikon users service the cameras themselves. If that were the case it leads to other concerns...like why do Nikon users not trust Nikon to fix their cameras like Canon users do, or perhaps, Nikon doesn't make the service as convenient...or it isn't free, like it is with Canon.

Any way you look at it, the data is troubling for Nikon.