Earlier in June we reported on Nikon‘s new Self Service Restore web site referred to as Nikon Components. On the time this was only a placeholder webpage, however the intent was clear: Nikon will help DIY self-repair of its merchandise, by open entry of product service manuals, together with the availability of components and instruments to restore your individual Nikon tools. Now Nikon is beginning to develop the service, with the discharge of the Z6 III restore handbook.
This 134-page PDF is downloadable direct from Nikon at no cost and comprises clear exploded diagrams of each ingredient of the digital camera, proper right down to the person screws. The half numbers and portions of every ingredient that makes up the digital camera can be listed, together with useful pointers like the place to not contact notably delicate areas on circuit boards, and which course to unclip electrical ribbon connectors. The element even specifies issues like the person torque settings required to precisely tighten every screw used to safe the cameras base plate to the principle digital camera physique: 0.15nm and 0.25nm, relying on the precise screw, if you happen to’re .
One diagram from the Z6 III service handbook (Picture credit score: Nikon)
In fact, a restore handbook is all properly and good, however it’s not a lot use with no supporting provide of available spare components. On the time of writing, Nikon has now listed 227 merchandise on its components.nikonusa.com web site, although nearly all of listed components are out of inventory. It additionally stays to be seen when – or even when – Nikon will launch extra service manuals for its different present cameras.
The present inventory standing on components.nikonusa.com (Picture credit score: Nikon)
We would additionally prefer to see manuals and components made obtainable for older, discontinued Nikon cameras, as these would appear extra prone to require restore than a model new mannequin such because the Z6 III. However whereas the PR optics of Nikon supporting discontinued merchandise could also be robust, the enterprise/monetary incentive is weaker: Nikon would moderately promote you a model new $2000 Z physique than a $10 half to restore your previous D810, as an illustration.
Then there’s the query of whether or not Nikon will begin facilitating self-repair of its lenses, although we suspect it will not. Dismantling a digital camera is one factor, however exposing the interior parts of a digital camera lens requires a stage of cleanliness and dirt suppression not discovered within the residence atmosphere. Moreover, the fragility of a lens’s building and the precision required to disassemble and reassemble a lens would additionally possible stop any DIY restore.
Even so, that is nonetheless a step in the appropriate course for Proper to Restore, sustainability, and supporting loyal Nikon customers who merely need to go on snapping pictures with their trustworthy cameras.
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