Today the snow has been dropping in and out like radio static. Coming and going but never staying. It would be worth the cold if it would just lay down. The Snow Queen been teasing all over town.
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Great Southern
This is old country and all that’s left of part of a range of mountains that formed some 80 million years ago. Getting lost in this is a nasty business.
Stalker
Witness
You could take the entire population of Australia, dump it in New York and the land wouldn’t miss a beat. There’s a majestic solitude out here that’s hard to define at times let alone capture.
Megalong Valley
View across the Megalong Valley from the Hydro Majestic, Meadlow Bath, NSW, Au.
Majestically Hydro
Foyer of the recently restored Hydro Majestic Hotel at Meadlow Bath in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Au.
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Port Macquarie. Nikon D800 + processed in RawTherapee & Lightroom. 50mm @ f1.8
Multiple Class Action Lawsuites filed over Nikon D600
It appears that a number of Class Action lawsuit’s have been filed as a result of consumer experiences with Nikon’s D600. If you are interested to follow this you can read about it here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. It’s all a bit messy really and no doubt the problem may well be compounded by the same issue showing up on the D610.
As for me, I appear to be set for protracted run around with Harvey Norman Penrith in terms of getting a satisfactory resolution i.e., refund or appropriate replacement and by that I mean a camera / camera body that does not have this ongoing issue.
Home again | Nikon D610
About a week ago ( 21st July) my D610 made it back from Nikon Sydney with a new shutter mechanism to replace the original that came with the replacement camera from Nikon Sydney via Harvey Norman (more or less). I’d love to say I have the confidence that this issue will not resurface again but unfortunately this is not the case. It’s such a weird situation to be in. I’d love to be able to load files from the SD cards and not even have the thought cross my mind that the images will somehow show contamination on the sensor. After 17 months of nothing but one problem after another (to date five shutter mechanisms and two cameras) it’s going to take some serious consistency from the D610 to rewire that mindset.
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In the waiting room
Throwing caution to the wind I dropped my Nikon D600 into Harvey Norman Penrith for the last time. Surprisingly the issue was dealt with promptly and with a minimum of fuss. I took some paperwork (Previous job cards from Nikon Sydney, the most recent reference file and a copy of a 40 + page Class Action Lawsuit) with me this time which I think gave the guys who I spoke to (Peter and Joe) a better view of the bigger picture. I put my preferred options on the table and now simply have to wait for the outcome. Hopefully I won’t have to follow through with the next step.
image courtesy of www.nphotomag.com
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