Nikon USA Knowledge Database

Under "Contact US" then "Find Technical Support

and Software Downloads" at NikonUSA.com.<br>

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<a

href="http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-

bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?&p_faqid=238"

target="_new"><u>Nikon Knowledge Database</u></a><br>

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This is a part of the Nikon USA website. If you register your

Nikon USA product you may (or may not) be able to download an

instruction manual for your Nikon product.<br>

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I tried to download a Nikon F5 manual without logging in and got

one totally irrelevant hit. Looks like a subscription offer for

Nikon World Magazine. Anyway this something new, at least new to

me.<br>

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Regards,<br>

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Dave Hartman.

Try the European version. It seems to have some different answers at least. :)

http://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nikoneurope_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php

John.

Ooooo...and it does seem to have an F5 manual avilable for you David!!

John.

Err...it also seems to have instruction manuals for all current models. :)

John.

John, <br>

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Did you actually find a manual listed and download it? I did not

find an instruction manual for an F5, F100 or N80. This time I

was logged.<br>

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I have manuals downloaded from Nikon, UK. The post is just to

help Nikon USA customers. I used the customer feed back from and

got a generic and useless reply with the nastiest non-disclosure

legal warning Ive seen from any Website. I once asked a

question of Nikon, UK and do not recall any such warning. Maybe Ill

try Nikon, UK again. <br>

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Unfortunately this points to what Ive said a number of

times before. Nikon USA doesnt have a clue and operates

with a policy of, "The Customer Is Always Wrong."<br>

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Ill check again but for now it appears that Nikon USA

customers are better off dealing with Nikon, UK if they have a

question to ask. Its very sad.<br>

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Thank you for your interest and suggestions.<br>

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Dave.

Yes. I got the F5 and FM3A user manuals off the site, though I was logged in as a UK user. The manuals didn't show up when I wasn't logged in. I assume given what I got that all the others are available.

I sent you an email David, if you want to talk more about this this and ensure that we both get the replies. If you don't accept mails from here, I do, so please send me one from a working address. :)

We can then post the verdict back here.

John.

Like I thought, its a conspiracy! Nikon USA is

conspiring to sell paper manuals because they are stuck in the 20th

century and have their heads up well never mind.<br>

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Someone who has registered their Nikon USA camera body will have

to see if they can download a manual.<br>

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I bought a second paper manual for my F5 and downloaded a PDF one

long ago from Nikon, UK. I wish Nikon, UK would open an office in

Los Angles and New York. Nikon USA has no class and not a clue as

to how to deal with customers with minimum respect. Im

quite sure the database used for Nikon, USA, CA and UK are all

the same.<br>

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When I ran a processing business I didnt tell customers who

brought me film purchased elsewhere, "You didnt buy

your film from me, its illegal." I said, Thank You!"

and gave them the best service I could. I expect the same from

any business I patronize.<br>

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I must have been born on the wrong side of the pond. I dont

throw trash out the car window at stop lights like so many

Americans. My second cousin from Zurich, Switzerland came to visit.

At Dodger stadium she saved her peanut shells and threw them in a

trash receptacle on the way out. Are all Europeans this neat and

tidy? I give up in the stadium but thats the way I think

and act on the streets and freeways.<br>

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British Airways should bring back the Concord as a shipping

transport and open service from Los Angeles to London. <br>

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OK, I guess thats enough foolishness. I was born in the mid-west

learned to crawl and later walk in N.Y. and went west to California

when I was knee high to a coyote. Im a Yankee and cant

help it. I like the Pacific Southwest, sidewinders and all.<br>

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Best,<br>

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Dave Hartman.

Dave Hartman wrote: "I must have been born on the wrong side of the pond. I don?t throw trash out the car window at stop lights like so many Americans."

Gosh, Dave, thanks for tolerating us. It means so much to me. and it's so big of you, you know? Thanks.

Try this for the F5 manual...

ftp://YJUPO295:BRYV7HGW@ftp.nikon-euro.com/Manuals/SDMYVNQN/F5_En_014.pdf