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Offline Hyperdrive

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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2012, 01:20:55 PM »
Luckily, no issues with both my new cameras - D4 and D800. The D700 is a backup camera.
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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2012, 06:17:10 PM »
Quote from: Anirban Brahma on July 17, 2012, 01:13:07 PM
I have two Nikon D800s and have found no such Issue with them.

That's awesome Anirban. Is that a luck factor or you checked before purchasing it?

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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2012, 10:54:45 PM »
Quote from: toofan on June 01, 2012, 07:41:16 PM
Quote from: kaushik_s on June 01, 2012, 05:05:28 PM
Whoops, wish Nikon hasn't increased the prices. Now because of this Canon might not reduced the price of that overpriced Mk III.. Really bad time.

Still govt. is doing nothing. :(

I will instruct XYZ minister to discuss this Nikon Canon price war agenda, next few days our parliament will be hot with such discussion, you may see some lens throwing and filter showing activities. If the lens and Body prices are not regulated how people supply more MMS and Spy cam things!!  ;D
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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2012, 11:06:09 PM »
Quote from: hyperdrive on July 17, 2012, 01:20:55 PM
Luckily, no issues with both my new cameras - D4 and D800. The D700 is a backup camera.
That's funny. I shoot with a Nikon F2 and a D700, just in case.  If one of them should fail, I would still have the Nikon F2. ;)

As to the increasing price of the D800, I have noticed that the Rupee has fallen from USD $0.022 to USD $ 0.018 in recent times. That would suggest a necessary price increase of a bit over eleven percent. And that does not account for the fact that the USD has also inflated in the same time frame. Do we really believe that government can legislate or police value into inflated money?

If the government demands lower prices at gunpoint, at some point the supplier will decide not to provide the product or service, seeing it as unprofitable. Government took the value out of the money when they allowed more of it to circulate than could be sustained by economic growth.

One might wonder if the economic lessons of 1920's Germany were learned, or were forgotten altogether.

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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #24 on: July 18, 2012, 12:32:40 AM »
Quote from: Hankosaurus on July 17, 2012, 11:06:09 PM
That's funny. I shoot with a Nikon F2 and a D700, just in case.  If one of them should fail, I would still have the Nikon F2. ;)

The F2 is a classic and a backup camera to beat all others :)

We've seen a 22% drop in the value of the INR since Oct '11. And to be fair to Nikon, and a pleasant surprise to customers such as me, prices of these new cameras are more or less exactly in line as the US prices, and they held till the INR dropped from 50/$ in Feb/March '12 to 55/$ in June, which is a 10% drop.

In fact India is still one of the best places to buy a D4 or D800. Only the US prices beats local ones that too by a small amount

European, Middle Eastern & ASEAN region prices are higher based upon various reports on the 'net and prices at e-tailer sites.

So if you consider that the D800 is $3000, at current exchange rates (INR 55/US$) the price is 1.65L and Nikon India's current MSRP 1.7L. Keep in mind it was @ 1.6L just a week ago and 1.5L when introduced in India in March '12.

The best backup camera I could have is my F100 or F601 - but choice of film is limited.  :( So my trust D700 it is. It never lets me down.
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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #25 on: July 21, 2012, 08:33:19 AM »
faulty firmware, Nikon's plan is to make some money fast by dumping old units before producing new ones  ::)
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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #26 on: July 21, 2012, 12:11:36 PM »
Quote from: arunchandrachennai000 on July 21, 2012, 08:33:19 AM
faulty firmware, Nikon's plan is to make some money fast by dumping old units before producing new ones  ::)

You can give competition to Aaj Tak!
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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #27 on: July 21, 2012, 04:05:37 PM »
Quote from: Anirban Brahma on July 17, 2012, 01:13:07 PM
Quote from: yusuf on July 17, 2012, 11:03:21 AM
Just wondering, is D800 left AF issue resolved? I was really looking forward to D800 and this article has really put me off.

http://mansurovs.com/nikon-d800-asymmetric-focus-issue

If you also read comments there, photographers who purchased from India also faced the issues with D800 AF.

I have two Nikon D800s and have found no such Issue with them.
I am also using D800 from last 3 months, found no issue with it
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Re: Nikon Increases Price of D800
« Reply #28 on: July 21, 2012, 04:51:15 PM »
Quote from: SHARAD on July 21, 2012, 04:05:37 PM
Quote from: Anirban Brahma on July 17, 2012, 01:13:07 PM
Quote from: yusuf on July 17, 2012, 11:03:21 AM
Just wondering, is D800 left AF issue resolved? I was really looking forward to D800 and this article has really put me off.

http://mansurovs.com/nikon-d800-asymmetric-focus-issue

If you also read comments there, photographers who purchased from India also faced the issues with D800 AF.
I have two Nikon D800s and have found no such Issue with them.
I am also using D800 from last 3 months, found no issue with it Sharad

No focus issues with either of my cameras - D4 & D800.
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