Was it bought from Nikon or B&H either one backs their products. If off e-bay then if there is no implied ebay warranty then contact Nikon. One of my reasons to not buy ebay is it may be hard to get a refund or a product by the factory that made it. I personally feel most stuff on ebay is not worth the price you pay. I would sell there but I would not buy there. I have heard of a few bad experiences with ebay.

I remember the 6X6 well. I went with the Bronica SQA instead of the more costly Hasselblad. Used my Bronica for around 1500 to 1600 weddings. It now resides on a shelf with other outdated gear along with the many backs I needed and the 3 standard lenses I got with it when I bought it. To me it spent most of it's life on a tripod when shooting a wedding. If off tripod it always had a Metz 60 flash attached as well as a radio slave perched on it's top held on by Velcro. I use the radio now in my studio so as to use my old White Lightning flash units without blowing out a digital camera's electronics. Set the digital to manual and use a flash meter. Gee old and new marry well.

Actually we need to go back to prints that the judges look at I think. A good print is what photography has always been about until digital showed up.

Very helpful indeed, thanks

You could always just set the camera to video and then pull out the frame you want if you use their motor drive or burst function that often. It's called in video "Frame capture". With todays video it is possible to get a good shot that way from most of the Nikons of today. Sorry but I never get to the highest burst setting on my D7200. Most of the time I get one shot at a time and get what I want as I have a great trigger finger. I do keep the mode on always during sports but never hold it in when I shoot.

They could always just set the camera to video and then pull out the frame they want if they use their motor drive or burst function that often. They call that in video Frame capture. With todays video it is possible to get a good shot that way from the Nikons of today.

I do think not only should the shot be in focus and viewable but that Nikon needs to show the current exposure properly viewed (as in a day night screen with the shot looking well exposed or under and over exposure) at the same time. I find looking at the histogram just reduces the shot view too much. There is a plus and minus available to the view screen but that really never solves the problem of good exposure viewing without looking at the histogram then enlarging the image to view focus prior to starting the shoot.

The Phone I have, which was dictated to me by the Phone company, is an apple product. I prefer to never use apple products for those reasons. I know a lot of people love the apple for audio and pictures but as long as my IBM style computer works it is what I want.

Not a beginner sir. Just a pro who used to shoot Polaroids when on an important assignments. I chimp for that reason. I can see and I edit on the fly removing from the main drive by removing unwanted shots while letting the other drive in camera keep all the shots. I usually do this like at half time during a game. Saves me time in front of the monitor when I get back to my home office and start my computer upload and billing for the studio I was shooting for. To me every job is important and worth seeing what I have even before I go home and set it all up for the studio. For me the extra effort makes me more professional. I used to work for a studio that shot Polaroids at weddings at the beginning of the portrait session to check the lighting. That today would be considered chimping. Good to great video studios will use a calibrated monitor before they even begin to video tape a live event to check proper lighting and exposure. That is chimping also but it is their way of being a real pro at their work. My degrees are in both still and audio/video but even I am still learning daily at different events how light is and how to modify it to my beck and call sometimes by just chimping the camera back while on a job site event.

You got a camera and Nikon uses the word short as does Canon and B&H and many others. Get over it. Apparently you have not had your work picked apart by the Photo studio you worked for as a freelance or the editor who is trying to make you a better shooter. It is the political correctness issue that plagues us all. We do not have to be political correct if one is offended let them tell me to my face why they are and not wait a week to tell my boss just to get me into trouble with the boss. Tell me so we can discuss it like adults and not cowardly babies afraid to say the wrong thing about anything.

I do just that. My friends love it about me. I say what I mean and stand by my word while the whole world worries about what they say.

You are right. Too much political correctness these days I say. I mean I have used the term when finding a school and asking directions of the police outside in the parking lot they understand and don't get all up in arms over it. So we need to lessen political correctness and just talk openly as the English language is a wonderful thing Especially American English.

Only problem here is that too many people would complain plus outskirts of city living sort of compels one not to show a gun these days outside of your house. Plus the old daisy never really killed birds anyway. I lived in the country as a kid loved my daisy and my dog.

I was wrong it is a house sparrow.

Pretty much the way it is in all states just not live scanned in all states.
I shoot school activities myself for a Senior portrait firm. My coverage is part of their contract. Since I am a freelance and a professional I understand the rules either implied or otherwise. I check in with who ever is in charge when I arrive and wear a photo ID with my name and the studio name on it. The only advantage the OP has is he knows the school principle. Since I have been doing this with the same studio for a few years most recognize me by site as do the local police because I do enjoy a few conversations with them as I used to do police work. I also try to look professional at all times. Wearing a photo vest and a specific ball cap they all know my by sight. I even talk with the parents who are out to photograph their kids giving them photo advice when asked. All things I do, I do to make everyone comfortable with my being there.