D7200 is another oil spitter: Buyer Beware!! My Nikon D7200 is one week old, had 3 different lenses attached, less than 400 shutter actuations. The sensor is SMOTHERED in oil and has...

Fishnwish

Buyer Beware!! My Nikon D7200 is one week old, had 3 different lenses attached, less than 400 shutter actuations. The sensor is SMOTHERED in oil and has left me no choice but to return it to Adorama. Nikon was sued in a class action case over the D600 and this morning I Googled "Nikon D7200 oil spots" and sure enough there are a good population of articles and forum posts citing similar experiences!!! Attached is a Lightroom CC Visualize Spots screen snap.

RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

This seems to be a on going thing with Nikon and oil spotting what gives with them? Sounds like another law suit for sure!

Fishnwish wrote:

Buyer Beware!! My Nikon D7200 is one week old, had 3 different lenses attached, less than 400 shutter actuations. The sensor is SMOTHERED in oil and has left me no choice but to return it to Adorama. Nikon was sued in a class action case over the D600 and this morning I Googled "Nikon D7200 oil spots" and sure enough there are a good population of articles and forum posts citing similar experiences!!! Attached is a Lightroom CC Visualize Spots screen snap.

Jim Bob

RichardSM wrote:

This seems to be a on going thing with Nikon and oil spotting what gives with them? Sounds like another law suit for sure!

I generally find the need to clean sensors on these Nikons after several thousand shutter actuations. Their built in sensor cleaner is a bad joke. Canon, on the other hand, must have an effective cleaner and/or a method of manufacturing that reduces oil spatter. I've never had to clean my Canons, even a T2i that is several years old. Go figure. But I love the image on that D7200. Bought mine refurbished.

RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

I too own Canon's the sensor cleaning system thay use is very good I've had no problems for the last 6 years on my 7D,5Dll.

Jim Bob wrote:

I generally find the need to clean sensors on these Nikons after several thousand shutter actuations. Their built in sensor cleaner is a bad joke. Canon, on the other hand, must have an effective cleaner and/or a method of manufacturing that reduces oil spatter. I've never had to clean my Canons, even a T2i that is several years old. Go figure. But I love the image on that D7200. Bought mine refurbished.

Jim Bob

RichardSM wrote:

I too own Canon's the sensor cleaning system thay use is very good I've had no problems for the last 6 years on my 7D,5Dll.

Yep. My T2i is even older.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Fishnwish wrote:

Buyer Beware!! My Nikon D7200 is one week old, had 3 different lenses attached, less than 400 shutter actuations. The sensor is SMOTHERED in oil and has left me no choice but to return it to Adorama. Nikon was sued in a class action case over the D600 and this morning I Googled "Nikon D7200 oil spots" and sure enough there are a good population of articles and forum posts citing similar experiences!!! Attached is a Lightroom CC Visualize Spots screen snap.

Maybe it's just that one camera. I have a D7200 and have not encountered that.
The D600's problem was with spots on the sensor, not a sensor being smothered in oil.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

I have not encountered any unwanted substances on my D7200's sensor.
As for Canon's sensor cleaning function, it wouldn't work with anything sticky or wet, it's meant for dust. The glass filter directly in front of the image sensor on some models have an anti dust fluorine coating and on all models built in the last 10 years, the glass filter in front of the sensor vibrates for a few seconds when the camera is turned on and turned off. The dust shaken off by the vibration is trapped on a sticky surface at the bottom of the filter. The surface of the actual sensor should never get dirty as it is sealed to prevent contamination and damage when cleaned.

Leitz Loc: Solms

Fishnwish wrote:

Buyer Beware!! My Nikon D7200 is one week old, had 3 different lenses attached, less than 400 shutter actuations. The sensor is SMOTHERED in oil and has left me no choice but to return it to Adorama. Nikon was sued in a class action case over the D600 and this morning I Googled "Nikon D7200 oil spots" and sure enough there are a good population of articles and forum posts citing similar experiences!!! Attached is a Lightroom CC Visualize Spots screen snap.

This looks better than some lightning shots I've seen.

Jim Bob

rmorrison1116 wrote:

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Well thanks for that unnecessary lesson. The fact is it works. Which is more than be said of Nikon.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Your D7100 had a light leak in the view finder, now your D7200 is a spitter, sounds like you need to move on over to cannon and complain about their products... You photo looks like dust spots from here. Learn how to change your lens. I hate folks that only use forums to complain..........

Fishnwish

Martinfisherphoto:
I'm well versed on how to change lenses and hate to break the news to the clueless but the camera is brand new and only had 3 lenses attached and then removed. Furthermore, this is the last straw for my relationship w Nikon. I don't make my equipment decisions in haste and give every opportunity to a manufacturer correct any errors before I discontinue use of their products.

Fishnwish

Glad you're D7200 is working well, best of luck to you RMorrison! I'm actually saddened by this because the first 200 shots were very nice. I don't want to part w Nikon but something has to change.
Best wishes!

CO

All of these cameras use ultrasonic vibration to shake dust off of the filter in front of the sensor. None of them clean oil spots. The D600 had an issue with excessive lubricant on the shutter that was being thrown towards the sensor. There were also fine particles that were being shaved off the shutter curtain. Those particles also ended up on the sensor. Nikon designed an all new shutter for the D610 and retired the D600. I haven't heard of any such problems with the D7200.

Fishnwish

Hi CO,
I own a rare but well behaved D600 and clean my own sensors. Love that camera but it's focus is a bit slower than I like for wildlife and sports. I enjoyed the D7200 until I seen more oil accumulation in 2 days than a year from my D600. If you Google "Nikon D7200 oil spots" you will find other cases. Regretfully it had to be returned.

CO

Fishnwish wrote:

Hi CO,
I own a rare but well behaved D600 and clean my own sensors. Love that camera but it's focus is a bit slower than I like for wildlife and sports. I enjoyed the D7200 until I seen more oil accumulation in 2 days than a year from my D600. If you Google "Nikon D7200 oil spots" you will find other cases. Regretfully it had to be returned.

Someone in my camera club has a D600 also. I asked him once if his D600 had the oil spots issue. He said that he's never seen that problem with his camera. It's great that your D600 doesn't have that issue. Will you be purchasing another D7200? Nikon may have already addressed the problem and cut back on the amount of lubricant they use.