Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-07 Thread Jostein
the situation? Jostein - Original Message - From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:29 PM Subject: Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X That's Nikon SOP. They get away with it because each country has a semi

Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jostein Subject: Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X The Nikon distributor in Norway was also a independent company. They apparently abused their position enough to exhaust the patience of Nikon, who is now taking over themselves. Maybe

Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! The Nikon distributor in Norway was also a independent company. They apparently abused their position enough to exhaust the patience of Nikon, who is now taking over themselves. Maybe one solution for your friend, Boris, could be to write a letter to Nikon's European head office to

Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! If you read the fine print in the warranty, you will sometimes find that the equipment is not warranted for professional use, even though the marketing is aiming it at the professional user. Not saying this is the case, but I have seen this sort of thing in the past. Gee, that's new for

Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X Not saying this is the case, but I have seen this sort of thing in the past. Gee, that's new for me. Thanks, Bill. I honestly and probably rather stupidly thought that flagship

Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-07 Thread Herb Chong
met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X Surely, I know that. But I witnessed with my own eye the guy buying the camera from *local* distributor (Hadar Photo).

OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-06 Thread 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

Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-06 Thread Michael Spivak
Hi Boris You know that this is the official policy of the Israely Nikon importer - the are taking gear bought ONLY directly from them or via official distributors. if you get your gear from US (any shop like BH or adorama) - you are on your own there... you have to send it yourself to the

Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-06 Thread Adam Maas
That's Nikon SOP. They get away with it because each country has a semi-independant distributor. Canon is a single company for most of the world, so they are generally forced to honor warantees from other countries. -Adam Michael Spivak wrote: Hi Boris You know that this is the official

Re: OT: Having met a fellow photog with Nikon D2X

2005-10-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! You know that this is the official policy of the Israely Nikon importer - the are taking gear bought ONLY directly from them or via official distributors. if you get your gear from US (any shop like BH or adorama) - you are on your own there... you have to send it yourself to the warranty