louise1 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I picked up a replacement D200. I was a little skeptical as the serial numbers were close. but I took the camera home and did a light bulb test. I still have some banding. But what is more curious than that, when I took the camera home, I didn't have to do any of the set up I did with my first D200. teh date and time etc was already in there. I'm wondering if this body is a return. I don't want to take on anyone's return as they likely returned for a good reason. Can I find out how many images were shot? I'm happy to march back down there tomorrow morning and get another one. Kind of takes the wind out of your sails. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Download the opanda IEif viewer and use it to open one of the photos. It will show how many pics have been taken by the camera. http://www.opanda.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louise1 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 I saw that on a recent post, after doing a search, but I'm a mac person, that free ware is for PC folks only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_chiarchiaro Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Louise, Email me a Basic JPEG from your camera (of anything --- a blank shot with the lens cap on would be okay). I can let you know the shutter count. Get my email address from the photo.net member directory. --Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 That brings up the question of how many shots will be on a new camera. I assume they test the things to some degree, and may or may not reset the counter to zero. Worst case, some automatic testing might put a surprisingly high number in there, indistinguishable from someone taking a couple dozen shots and returning it. FWIW, the worst case condition for banding is said to be ISO400- try it at various speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliot1 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 take the camera back. get your money back. shop at a different store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanuele Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I had the same thing happen to a D70s I bought recently - it was already configured with the time, date, language, etc. Turns out there were over 200 photos taken with the camera. Nikoon service informed me that while the cameras may be tested before they leave the factory they should not be configured when you receive them, nor have a few hundred photos taken. I returned mine and bought from another camera store. THe new one had 0 exposures taken and was not pre-configured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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