[Leica] A bit OT, but I need advice

[Aram Langhans]

I have had a good experience with Nikon itself.  They have worked on two 
of my cameras and were speedy and thorough.  The cameras came back like 
new.  Well, to be fair, they still were new.  The D600 had the shutter 
box replaced since it had the oil problem and the D750 had the shadow 
problem.  It took them about a week to do the work, so I was happy.  
I'll bet you they would get a kick out of your problem.  Heck, they 
should do it for free just for the novelty of being able to tell a story.

Aram

On 9/5/2022 12:59 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr wrote:
> I recently had the experience of killing a spider with my Nikon D810A.
>
> Unfortunately, it was accomplished by the shutter, which smeared it all over the sensor and dismembered it. The arachnid had obviously crawled into the body while it was sitting sans lens, and made its presence known in the form of a black shadow in the next image taken. Taking off the lens and raising the mirror revealed the story.
>
> I think that, in addition to a sensor cleaning, it is likely that the shutter will need cleaning as well, and spider parts to be removed from wherever they’ve ended up (the body did not fall out of the mirror box when my son opened it up). This will require professional servicing. Any and all advice on where (not) to send it would be appreciated. I can Google it, but nothing beats personal testimonials.
>
> Thanks,
> —howard

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Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
  
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