I've never had an issue with my D800e. It takes wonderful images and even though I also have a D850, I still use the D800e on a regular basis.
That image would be affected absolutely zero by the left AF issue (which was the minor of the D800/800e issues), the cracked frame issue or the screwy AF issue. Likely it would not be affected by the D600 oil issue with a bit of PP, nor the D750 shutter issue, as long as it was still firing.
Everyone that had a D800 / D800e got good images. Just some people did not get them consistent enough.
A picture such as yours, or any picture someone might put up, does not mean that the D800 or D800e is good or bad. Just means at that particular moment in time, you got a decent image.
Wrong. It's a really good camera!
Yes, yours may be. They all weren't. Not close to all. One fellow having a good product doesn't make them all good.
And one fellow having a bad one doesn't make them all bad. It's juste that the unhappy people stir much more sh... than happy people.
And I'm always clear that I don't mean they're all bad or that most all are bad. But the OP was looking for opinions on the cracked chassis issue and the screwy AF issue that so many had could / may have been caused by a cracked chassis. It also could just be a problem unrelated, but worth noting.
I know about that. What would be interesting to know is which serial numbers were affected and to which extent. 1/1000, 1/100, 1/10?
Shuncheung posted this - "Back in 2012, the estimate was that roughly 30% of the D800/D800E were affected by the left AF point issue." No idea where it came from. I would guess at least 5% to 10% which is too many.
"and this is just bs "It's just that the unhappy people stir much more sh... than happy people." Why is it stirring anything? A lot of us had a problem, we are pointing it out. I am pointing it out. The OP can factor that into his buying decision or not. His choice. But he got the info he was looking for.
Once again, "a lot of us" is which percentage out of the total units sold.
In the threads here, once the dust had settled and they had been out for a number of years, my guess was that 20% to 30% in any given thread had inconsistent AF issues. For me the the left AF issue was a non issue. It was so extreme to the left that I would have lived with it as just another piece of equipment that required a bit of a work around or something to keep in mind when using it. My first of April 2012 D800 did not have the issue when I checked it several months in. It did have an inconsistent AF issue though, which didn't have a work around. So again, even it was 5% or 10% it was too many. Issue with this inconsistency is that it can't be nailed down like a camera body spewing oil, so Nikon got away with it by saying them were "within specs" or "no issue found"
Not just a bunch of fanboys sticking up a picture (particularly landscape that requires no AF at all) and saying mine was good. And suggesting that if theirs was good, they all must be good - no problem exists.
Yes, problems exist. It's good that people can get advises. But, I'm interested in numbers. How many exhibited the problem. The problem was it occuring only in a specific geographic area. I.e. was it one worker on one line shipping to a specific area that was working with a defective tool or was poorly trained? So many questions, so little answers...
It wasn't specific areas or certainly not narrow areas. From member profiles, they were scattered throughout the US and mine was bought in Toronto, so even a different serial number initial digit to designate Canada. (inconsistent focus issue) My D800, one of the first in Toronto, did not have a left AF issue, but, as I said up thread, my Toronto bought used D800e, a replacement for another D800e came with the original and replacement receipts, and the receipts showing both bodies as not being early releases. And again, this one being in Toronto, and the left AF issue being prevalent in D800s and at least some D800e with issues spread out all over geographically, it was not specific to one body, let alone one geographic area, and certainly not possible to be one worker on one line. So, so many questions, here was a couple of answers.
And the diehard fans of Nikon like to default the D800 / D800e to the left AF issue, but in the minds of many here, the left AF issue was the minor one of the D800/e's issues.
And while I didn't post it here, I had sent the OP of this thread links to a very, very good professional photographer in Toronto, and to a now removed blog post that I retrieved through Way Back Time Machine, talking about how he ditched his entire kit of Nikon gear and went back to Canon after 10 years with Nikon. All because his inconsistent AF D800e s, were an impediment to his work as a professional photographer. I had talked to him in May 2013 when this happened, but the blog post documents the basics of what he told me.
And it's likely 1000s of bodies were never identified as not everyone out there is as astute with Nikon camera gear as the ones on DPR who identified the problem and documented it here. :-D:-D
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A Canon G5 and a bit of Nikon gear.
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I enjoy my Nikon gear. But as has been pointed out to me "it’s a declining, decaying system based upon ancient technology" Funny that, never noticed.
