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"Quality control non-existent? Never tested at factory or during repair?"
Pros: Nice image color balance; solid, heavy body
Cons: Still can't autofocus properly - even after 3 week Nikon repair!
Summary: I'm sure many people will love this camera, but I've found Nikon's quality control to be very suspect on this new model. My autofocus *always* focuses about 10% *behind* the selected object and even after an official Nikon repair (and a three week wait), there has been no improvement in this defect.
How could this slip by both the first factory QA testing and then the second explicit repair request for the focus problem ... and STILL not be fixed? I almost suspect that the technician shipped it back and never looked at it (from the EXIF info, only 3 shutter actuations were fired while it was being "repaired"? How can that be?) Now Nikon wants it back for repair AGAIN (what are they going to fix this time that they couldn't fix last time?) I've had the D300 for two months and haven't yet been able to take a single usable (in focus) photograph.
Very disappointed in what should be a top notch camera. And I've lost all faith that it might actually be repaired before it's six months old (if ever).
I wish the rest of you better luck! As for me, I'll never trust the name Nikon again. My D300 was just a big mistake, a waste of money never to be recouped.
By the way, I actually have the 18-200 lens but can't comment on its quality (because of the inaccuracy of the autofocus), but it does appear quite soft. The 18-135 might be better.... look to others' opinions for better information on the 18-135 quality. But for me at least, the 18-200 is another Nikon purchase I'm regretting.
Just my two cents.
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