OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

[Boris Liberman]

Hi!

This is probably more Israeli story than anything else. A husband of one 
of co-workers from my previous company is rather serious photog. We met 
him in the local zoo two days ago with his D2X and some rather big 
200-400/4 Nikon zoom attached to it. He is working for the zoo, 
actually, as a photog that is.

Some months ago I witnessed him shelling out order of $5,500 in local 
currency for brand new D2X. Now, that we've met he told me 4 our of 11 
AF zones do not work. I trust him to be good enough with his gear to be 
able to say such a thing with reasonable certainty...

Now, seemingly Nikon has very strong presence in Israel. Yet, the 
official dealer from whom he bought the darn thing, refuses to take the 
camera to the repairs under warranty.

I am very unamused, and I can only try to imagine how this poor fellow 
feels.

Just a story, a bit of anecdotal evidence, a curiosity, yet I thought 
I'd share it with the list... I think it all boils down to quality 
control which apparently can never be too good.

Boris