Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll have to stand by my original statement. Nikon *USA* state emphatically that parts are no longer available for F or F2. Independent repair facilities can not obtain parts for them from Nikon, either. Rumour is, at the cut-off date, Nikon destroy their remaining parts supply. The only reason F's and F2's are "repairable" is because they are fairly un-complicated to begin with, there are hundreds of thousands of ratty-looking bodies out there selling cheap enough to be stripped down for parts, and a certain supply of parts were stockpiled by repair shops a while back, just as I'm sure they're doing now for Nikons (and Canons, I might add) approaching the cut-off mark. Regards, Nigel On Tue, 06 Oct 1998 08:13:00 +0900 Ken Iisaka <kiisaka@ms.com> writes: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------08FC332A5165D7FCDAD9290B >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Well, it really depends on the model. If you want to have your old >Nikkorex >fixed, you are out of luck. However, if you have a model I, S, S2, >SP, S3, >S4, F, F2 that requires service, they will overhaul them, to the >extent >possible. Nikon recently remanufacturered the rangefinder prisms for >S3, as >I heard from reliable sources. Nikon charges about $500, but >apparently >loses $500 for every S3 serviced. > >N. B. Watson wrote: > >> In a word, in a pig's eye. Nikon USA refuses to service any camera >more >> than 10 years out of current production. What's more, parts are >> unavailable to independent repair shops. Whatever they can't >salvage or >> make, they can't repair. >> >> Regards, >> Nigel >> >> On Mon, 05 Oct 1998 21:21:20 +0900 Tom Kumagai ><kumagai@po.cnet-ma.ne.jp> >> writes: >> >> >and many of which are - according to Nikon lovers that I know - >still >> >serviciable. >> >According to them Nikon takes good care of their old customers, and >> >that's why they >> >are sticking with F mount, (but I >> >think another reason is that as their flagship cameras are named >> >F- >> >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >> Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >> Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > > >--------------08FC332A5165D7FCDAD9290B >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=iso-2022-jp; name="vcard.vcf" >Content-Description: Ken Iisaka ΜΆ°Δή >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >begin: vcard >fn: Ken Iisaka >n: Iisaka;Ken >org: Morgan Stanley Japan, Limited >email;internet: kiisaka@ms.com >title: Manager, E-Business Technology Client Service >x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 >x-mozilla-html: TRUE >version: 2.1 >end: vcard > > >--------------08FC332A5165D7FCDAD9290B-- > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]