Dan Mc Loc: NM

Own both D3100 and D90 and both have quick remove doors....they are designed to pop off and I can't recall where, but there is a slot on the battery grips to store the door when off for grip use. Not a design flaw, rather a design feature worth it...well thought out.

Sprocket Loc: Upstate New York

Hmmm... Now you have me thinking. I shoot with the 5100 and it seams darn near indestructible. I have a relative who has a 3200 after changing over from Cannon. She complained of it's quality many times and has ultimately returned it.

I was very surprised do to the way that she drooled over my 5100. I Just assumed that she couldn't get used to changing brands. Maybe she had legitimate complaints and I did what I do with my wife. (didn't listen).

:shock:

lsimpkins Loc: SE Pennsylvania

Jerry, I hate to disagree with you, but...
Until I retired, I worked for a large US electronics firm that makes everything from phones to networking equipment for government agencies. We used both captive factories and contract manufacturers. Most of our gear was designed in the USA. However, there was a difference in the quality level that came from our two Mexican factories vs. our Taiwan or Chinese factories. And when we used Chinese contract manufacturers (including the one Apple favors) we had to install our own quality personnel in order to meet our quality targets. There is a difference in cultural approach to quality in each region of the world which can show itself in the end user experience.

I have personally witnessed a device fail electrical test on a Chinese production line. The second failure of the same test on the same unit brought the supervisor to the test station. Several more attempts were made with similar failing results. Finally yet another attempt with no change to the circuit produced a green light and smiles all around. If the visiting team from the US hadn't intervened, that unit would have joined all the other units passed to the next workstation. Needless to say, retraining was required.

So, to say that all Nikons (or Canons, Pentaxes, Sonys, etc.) are Japanese products is stretching things a bit. They may all be designed in Japan, but the product is defined by both its design and manufacturing locations.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Did they come from the same dealer at the same time? Sometimes a small shift in a production line will affect several units before the line is corrected. If both cameras came from the same run, then it's not surprising they both have a problem.

Bram boy Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada

the d3200 is there low end camera in the dx line same as theD40 and d60
d80 they were all the next in that line up . if you want less problems more features . there always glad to take your money for the next upgrade in that line up .