Tisdale wrote:
These mainstream camera brands are all mass produced. One gets pulled off the assembly line at what I suppose are random times and are supposedly checked out but aside from some cursory quality control, they go in the box, are distributed and sold. Glitches are bound to happen. You pays your money and takes your chances. A Pro Shooter for one of the big papers in the East told me years ago, never buy new cameras. Wait until the refurbished ones come out and buy then. Why? Because refurbished cameras have been updated to clear out bugs, hangups and circuitry problems that popped up after introduction. They've been checked individually by a tech and firmware has been updated. They also come with a one year factory warranty and they're much cheaper. The only camera I've bought brand new was the Nikon D600 and It appears I got lucky. All the rest over the years...D40, D40X,D90, And D700 were all refurbished by Nikon. Never had a problem with them. I should say I did buy an F-5 and F100 brand new. Still use both and never had a problem. Both are built like a tank. They remain the best cameras I've ever owned.
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